This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Modifier Errors – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Modifier Errors Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Three of the following sentences have errors in the use of modifiers; ONE sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of modifiers. A) Your advice is the wisest that I've received. B) The committee will choose the more abler of the two candidates. C) Since her accident, Lisa seems more cautiously. D) Brad and Kevin collect geodes; Brad's collection is biggest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your advice is the wisest that I've received. 2. One day I couldn't find my homework (nowhere, anywhere) A) Nowhere. B) Anywhere. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anywhere. 3. James is my (best, bestest) friend. A) Best. B) Bestest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Best. 4. Which of the following sentences is most clear and probably what the person speaking it intended? A) A. We discovered an Italian bakery that just opened a few miles from our house. B) B. We discovered an Italian bakery a few miles from our house that had just opened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. We discovered an Italian bakery that just opened a few miles from our house. 5. Which part of the sentence is confusing and unclear?After being shampooed, Trish was surprised by the carpet's new look. A) By the carpet's new look. B) Trish. C) After being shampooed. D) Was surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After being shampooed. 6. Which of the following is a misplaced modifier in the sentence below? I am selling an antique dresser for my grandmother that is in perfect condition. A) Perfect. B) That is in perfect condition. C) Antique. D) Selling an antique dresser. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That is in perfect condition. 7. Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier? A) The dog belongs to that child with the brown spots. B) The dog with the brown spots belongs to that child. C) With the brown spots, the dog belongs to that child. D) To that child, the dog belongs with the brown spots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog with the brown spots belongs to that child. 8. Walking home at night, the trees looked like spooky aliens. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 9. The answer is (odder, more odder) than you might think. A) Odder. B) More odder. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odder. 10. Which of the choices below is NOT a modifier in the following sentence? "My neighbor's friendly dog was swimming in the muddy creek next to my house." A) Was. B) My neighbor's friendly. C) Muddy. D) Next to my house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 11. It's not ..... to sing when you are sick. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 12. A solar eclipse (will never, won't never) happen two days in a row. A) Will never. B) Won't never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will never. 13. Chewing furiously, the gum fell out of my mouth. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 14. Take the loose change to a self-service coin machine. Where does the clause "that you have collected over the years" belong in the sentence above? A) Between the and loose. B) Before Take. C) Between change and to. D) After machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between change and to. 15. Which of these is the best way to revise the below sentence to make it clear and effective? Never cleaning his room, it got messier each day. A) Because Jerry never cleaned his room, it got messier each day. B) Jerry's room got messier each day never cleaning it. C) Never being cleaned, Jerry could not find things in his room. D) After never cleaning it, Jerry's room got messier each day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Jerry never cleaned his room, it got messier each day. 16. Is this sentence correctly written or does it have a misplaced modifier (awkward, confusing part)?We ran from hideous mutants we saw quickly A) Correctly written. B) Incorrect with a misplaced, awkward, confusing part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect with a misplaced, awkward, confusing part. 17. Jennifer quickly finished her homework after school. What is the word "quickly" modifying? A) Jennifer. B) Homework. C) Finished. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finished. 18. I think "The Monkey's Paw" is scarier than (any, any other) story in the book. A) Any. B) Any other. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any other. 19. Gary enjoys reading more than (anything, anything else). A) Anything. B) Anything else. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything else. 20. Find the misplaced modifier in this sentence:Amazingly, the man ran down the stairs in a leg cast. A) Amazingly. B) Down the stairs. C) In a leg cast. D) The man ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a leg cast. 21. While she was playing at the park, Lindy accidentally stepped on a piece of glass without any shoes on. What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence? A) At the park. B) Accidentally. C) Without any shoes on. D) On a piece of glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Without any shoes on. 22. She is the (more friendlier, friendlier) of the two sisters. A) More friendlier. B) Friendlier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendlier. 23. Find the misplaced words in the sentence:I'm returning the shirt to the store that is too small. A) The shirt. B) To the store. C) I'm returning the shirt. D) That is too small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That is too small. 24. Is the sentence below correctly written or does it have a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part?Biting my lip, not laughing was difficult. A) Correctly written. B) Incorrectly with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. 25. Which of the following words is the misplaced modifiers?He nearly drove the car for six hours a day. A) Nearly. B) Six. C) Hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nearly. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCommon Modifier Errors Quiz 1Common Modifier Errors Quiz 3Accept Vs. 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