This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While singing a high note, the crowd clapped for the singer. A) Contains a misplaced modifier. B) Contains a dangling modifier. C) Is correct as written. D) Contains no modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains a misplaced modifier. 2. Leaving quickly, my car lights were left on. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 3. 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. 4. Celia grabbed the food for the dogs from the pantry. Which of these is the best way to revise the sentence above to make it clear and effective? A) The food for the dogs from the pantry Celia grabbed. B) For the dogs from the pantry, Celia grabbed the food. C) Celia grabbed from the pantry the food for the dogs. D) Celia from the pantry grabbed the food for the dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celia grabbed from the pantry the food for the dogs. 5. A dangling modifier doesn't have a ..... word to attach itself to; therefore, it is left dangling. A) Trigger. B) Signal. C) Target. D) Fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Target. 6. Frightened by our presence, the rabbit perked up its ears and twitched its nose. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 7. One of the cashiers thinks that (her, their) boss has been transferred to a different location. A) Her. B) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 8. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Tonya made the mistake of walking her boisterous bulldog Bill in high heels. A) Bulldogs can't wear high heels. B) The bulldog is who made the mistake. C) The sentence is correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bulldogs can't wear high heels. 9. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Whispering into Valerie's ear, Rafael shared the gossip which had shocked and dismayed everyone in the cafeteria. A) We don't know who was whispering. B) Valerie is the one who shared the gossip. C) The sentence is correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sentence is correct. 10. Neither of the actors could remember (his, their) lines correctly. A) His. B) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His. 11. Like most university professors in 1881, Jean Cocteau's personality was acerbic. A) Jean Cocteau' s personality was acerbic. B) Jean Cocteau's personality were acerbic. C) Jean Cocteau had an acerbic personality. D) An acerbic personality belonged to Jean Cocteau. E) Belonging to Jean Cocteau was an acerbic personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jean Cocteau had an acerbic personality. 12. Where should the red modifier be placed? She had read that a new restaurant had opened in today's newspaper. A) After had. B) After she. C) After read. D) After opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After read. 13. While jogging down the street, A) My phone started ringing. B) I got a phone call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I got a phone call. 14. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.2. She bought a cake from the bakery with chocolate icing. A) She bought. B) With chocolate icing. C) Bought a cake. D) From the bakery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With chocolate icing. 15. Being very shy, strangers frighten my little sister. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 16. Rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour, Cayley watched the machine take off. A) NO CHANGE. B) It rolled down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour, Cayley watched the machine take off. C) The plane rolled down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour Cayley watched the machine take off. D) Cayley watched the machine take off rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cayley watched the machine take off rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour. 17. Which is the correct way to write the sentence? A) In one week, the cat had caught nearly every mouse in the house. B) In one week, the cat nearly caught every mouse in the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In one week, the cat had caught nearly every mouse in the house. 18. Correct or incorrect?Under a glowing harvest moon, Deirdre walked her dog carrying a cell phone and a steaming mug of peppermint tea. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 19. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed. A) Sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, Desmond saw Mom's beautiful birthdaycake. B) Desmond, sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, saw Mom's beautiful birthdaycake. C) Sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, Mom's beautiful birthday cake caughtDesmon's attention. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, Mom's beautiful birthday cake caughtDesmon's attention. 20. Find the certain single-word modifier in the Sentence below. Carrie nearly has sixty freckles on her face A) Carrie. B) On her face. C) Nearly. D) Has sixty freckles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nearly. 21. Identify the modifying phrase:Covered in cream sauce, my husband loves chicken alfredo. A) My husband loves. B) Covered in cream sauce. C) Chicken alfredo. D) Cream sauce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in cream sauce. 22. Walking down the hallway, all the lockers were open. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling modifier. 23. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Too hungry to wait for Brenda's return from the restroom, the bowl of egg drop soup quickly disappeared. A) The sentence is correct. B) Brenda was too hungry to wait. C) We don't know who was too hungry to wait. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We don't know who was too hungry to wait. 24. Which modifier is misplaced in the following sentence?Every morning, Arthur likes to slowly eat a blueberry muffin in his pajamas. A) Every morning. B) In his pajamas. C) Slowly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In his pajamas. 25. Choose the corrected sentence below:The young lady was walking the dog on the cell phone. A) The dog was walking the young lady on the phone. B) The young lady on the phone was walking the dog. 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