This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Modifier Errors – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Modifier Errors Quiz 3 (10 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When running, it is important to breathe through your nose. What change, if any, should be made to the sentence above? A) Move When running to the end of the sentence. B) No change. C) Change it is to you are. D) Add you are between When and running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add you are between When and running. 2. Billie was (quieter, more quieter) than usual. A) Quieter. B) More quieter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quieter. 3. He had made the (funniest, most funniest) comment. A) Funniest. B) Most funniest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Funniest. 4. What is the modifier in the sentence below that is describing the word woman. The woman behind the cash register is the owner of the store. A) Behind the cash register. B) Of the store. C) The cash register. D) Is the owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behind the cash register. 5. Which word is a misplaced modifier in the sentence below? This year's graduating class admires really the famous British authors of the 19th century. A) Graduating. B) Really. C) Famous. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really. 6. She can write more clearly than (anyone else, anyone). A) Anyone else. B) Anyone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anyone else. 7. Having had no time to eat breakfast, the day-old bagel looked absolutely delicious to the woman in a business suit. Which modifier is dangling in the sentence above? A) To the woman in a business suit. B) Having had no time to eat breakfast. C) Absolutely. D) Day-old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having had no time to eat breakfast. 8. I think O. Henry is more humorous than (any, any other) writer. A) Any. B) Any other. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any other. 9. Which modifier is misplaced in sentence 1? (1) While cleaning, Ms. Faber found chocolate candy inside her maroon car that was melted. (2) She was happy that she had leather seats, which allowed her to simply wipe off the chocolate with a damp towel. A) While cleaning. B) Maroon. C) Chocolate. D) That was melted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That was melted. 10. Which of the following sentences has a dangling modifier? A) By having a friend carefully review your essay, you will keep grammatical errors to a minimum. B) By having a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. C) When you have a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. D) Having a friend carefully review your essay will keep grammatical errors to a minimum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By having a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCommon Modifier Errors Quiz 1Common Modifier Errors Quiz 2Accept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes QuizCommon Usage Errors QuizCommon Word Errors QuizCommonly Confused Words QuizConjunction Errors In Sentences QuizCorrect Usage QuizCorrecting Dangling Modifiers QuizCorrecting Grammar Mistakes QuizCorrecting Misplaced Modifiers QuizCorrection Of Errors QuizDangling And Misplaced Modifiers QuizDangling Modifiers QuizEdit Grammar Usage QuizEditing And Formatting In Word QuizEditing Common Grammatical Errors QuizEditing QuizError Correction QuizError Recognition QuizEssay Errors QuizFind The Errors QuizFind The Missing Correlative Conjunctions QuizGrammar Error Identification QuizGrammar Mistakes In Writing QuizGrammar Usage QuizHomophone Usage QuizHomophones QuizIdentifying Errors In Sentences QuizIt'S Vs. Its QuizLatin Agreement Mistakes QuizMaking Mistakes QuizMisplaced Modifiers QuizModifiers Placement QuizPronoun Errors QuizPronoun Reference QuizPronoun Usage QuizRecognizing Dangling Modifiers QuizSubjunctive Errors QuizThen Vs. Than QuizTo Vs. Too QuizUsage Errors QuizVerb Usage Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books