This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Never one to waste a crisis, the earthquake was used by the dictator to consolidate his power. A) The earthquake was used by the dictator to consolidate his power. B) The earthquake could have been used by the dictator to consolidate his power. C) The dictator used the earthquake to consolidate his power. D) The dictator use the earthquake to consolidate his power. E) The dictator' s power was consolidated by the earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dictator used the earthquake to consolidate his power. 2. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.9. Down on his luck, my mom gave the homeless man money. A) My mom gave. B) Homeless man money. C) Money. D) Down on his luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down on his luck. 3. Choose the best way to correct the sentence:Everyone warned the child not to get too close to the dog in the house that snarled all the time. A) Everyone warned the child not to get too close to the house which had a dog that snarled all the time. B) Everyone that snarled all the time warned the child not to get too close to the dog in the house. C) Already correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyone warned the child not to get too close to the house which had a dog that snarled all the time. 4. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:Standing on the balcony, the mountain view was breathtaking. A) Misplaced Modifier. B) Both. C) Neither, It's Correct. D) Dangling Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced Modifier. 5. The book was about insects that we read. A) Error. B) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Error. 6. We were told the concert would begin at midnight. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 7. Which of the following is NOT a phrase? A) Running to school in the dark that was very scary. B) The boy with the dark brown hair and gorgeous eyes. C) Finally a tired Susan found the missing umbrella with the flamingo pattern. D) Although Paul searched everywhere for the missing umbrella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finally a tired Susan found the missing umbrella with the flamingo pattern. 8. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:I saw the truck peeking through the open door. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Both. C) Misplaced Modifier. D) Neither, It's Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplaced Modifier. 9. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:Sailing far from the shore, a violent storm suddenly arose. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Neither, It's Correct. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling Modifier. 10. Pounding and hammering, the night was filled with loud sounds. A) NO CHANGE. B) Pounded and hammered,. C) He pounded and hammered,. D) As he was pounding and hammering,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As he was pounding and hammering,. 11. (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. Which modifier is misplaced in sentence 1? A) While cleaning. B) Chocolate. C) That was melted. D) Maroon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That was melted. 12. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:The children loved watching the monkeys swing from tree to tree. A) Neither, It's Correct. B) Both. C) Dangling Modifier. D) Misplaced Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither, It's Correct. 13. Read the following sentences and select the BEST correction.13. Tired and aching, basketball practice was not attended. A) Basketball practice was not attended, because of the tiredness and aching. B) Tired and aching, I did not attend basketball practice. C) Tired and aching, attending not the basketball practice. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tired and aching, I did not attend basketball practice. 14. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Slathering the popcorn with melted butter, the calorie count skyrocketed. A) We don't know who slathered the popcorn with melted butter. B) The sentence is correct. C) The calories slathered the popcorn with melted butter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We don't know who slathered the popcorn with melted butter. 15. Read the following sentences and select the BEST correction.11. Crying on the examination table, the doctor gave the small child his vaccine. A) Crying on the examination table, the child was given the vaccine. B) On the examination table a small child cried. C) The doctor, received the vaccination, for the child. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying on the examination table, the child was given the vaccine. 16. Each of the daughters followed (her, their) mother's footsteps. A) Her. B) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 17. Although revered by both believers of many religions, the threat is real for the Temple of Jerusalem. A) The threat is real for the Temple of Jerusalem. B) The threat are real for the Temple of Jerusalem. C) Threatening the Temple of Jerusalem is real. D) The Temple of Jerusalem is under real threat. E) The Temple of Jerusalem 's existence is under real threat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Temple of Jerusalem is under real threat. 18. Every morning, Arthur likes to slowly eat a blueberry muffin in his pajamas. Which modifier is misplaced in the sentence above? A) Blueberry. B) In his pajamas. C) Slowly. D) Every morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In his pajamas. 19. We ran from hideous mutants we saw quickly A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 20. While jogging along Center Street, Ella saw a dog. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 21. T or F:Misplaced modifiers can be adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases or clauses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Identify the dangling modifier:Waking in the night, the fire engine could be heard. A) Waking. B) Waking in the night. C) The fire engine. D) Could be heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waking in the night. 23. Having been fined by industry regulators and dismissed by his employer for insider trading, being unemployed was difficult for Jimmy. A) Being unemployed was difficult for Jimmy. B) Being unemployed is difficult for Jimmy. C) Unemployment was difficult for Jimmy. D) Jimmy finding unemployment difficult. E) Jimmy found unemployment difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Jimmy found unemployment difficult. 24. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.8. Hungry, the sandwich was eaten by me. A) The was sandwich. B) Was eaten. C) Hungry. D) By me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hungry. 25. After the football game, the leftover pizza went into the refrigerator. A) Contains a misplaced modifier. B) Contains a dangling modifier. C) Is correct as written. D) Contains no modifier. 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