This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Until I saw the lions at the zoo, I didn't believe that they had such powerful legs. A) Error. B) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No error. 2. I bought the accounting staff a small computer, which gave everyone a great deal of trouble. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 3. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.7. Having injured his dominant hand, it was difficult to write the exam. A) Having injured his dominant hand. B) It was difficult. C) The exam. D) To write the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having injured his dominant hand. 4. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Struggling with tight jeans, the zipper would not budge. A) It's unclear who was struggling. B) The sentence is correct. C) The zipper was just being stubborn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's unclear who was struggling. 5. The computer is used by a secretary with newly installed programs. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 6. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:When he developed chicken pox, Josh's father called the school. A) Neither, It's Correct. B) Dangling Modifier. C) Both. D) Misplaced Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling Modifier. 7. Which of the following is correct? Dangling modifier. A) Lying on the sunny beach, thoughts of skin cancer began to enter my mind. B) Lying on the sunny beach, I realized that the thoughts of skin cancer began to enter my mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lying on the sunny beach, I realized that the thoughts of skin cancer began to enter my mind. 8. This book by Judith Griffin describes Nat Turner's struggle for freedom. A) Error. B) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No error. 9. English does not allow and adverb to appear between a verb and its object. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Where does the clause 'with the dead battery' go in the following sentence? "The car was left at Target" A) Between 'was' and 'left'. B) Between 'car' and 'was'. C) Between 'at' and 'Target'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between 'car' and 'was'. 11. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:Spending way to much money on his house, Brian's salary wasn't enough. A) Both. B) Dangling Modifier. C) Misplaced Modifier. D) Neither, It's Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplaced Modifier. 12. Choose the best way to correct the sentence:After learning to sit and roll over, Walter entered his puppy in a local dog show. A) After Walter learned to sit and roll over, the puppy entered him in a local dog show. B) After Walter's puppy learned to sit and roll over, Walter entered him in a local dog show. C) It's already correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After Walter's puppy learned to sit and roll over, Walter entered him in a local dog show. 13. Correct or incorrect?Colin, a sensitive boy, trembled at the sound of thunder. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 14. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:Working out one morning, the solution to the problem hit me. A) Neither, It's Correct. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Both. D) Dangling Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dangling Modifier. 15. Choose the correct misplaced word(s) in the sentence below. The costumer demanded that the waiter take her order rudely. A) Demanded. B) That the waiter take her order. C) Costumer. D) Nearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nearly. 16. Which word is being modified in the following sentence? "In pajamas, the students were excited to see the movie." A) Students. B) Movie. C) Pajamas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students. 17. Read the following sentences and select the BEST correction.12. The teacher gave John a detention because he was late. A) A detention was given, by John, for being late. B) Because he was late, the teacher gave John a detention. C) The teacher and John were late to detention. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he was late, the teacher gave John a detention. 18. Two cars were reported stolen by the police this week. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 19. A word or phrase that is misplaced and changes the meaning or purpose of the sentence. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Verbs. D) Participles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced Modifier. 20. Is the sentence below the corrected version of the misplaced modifier? Take the note which Kim wrote to Mr. Henderson's office A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 21. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Emma Sue was delighted when Mr. Nguyen returned her perfect calculus test with an ear-to-ear grin. A) Mr. Nguyen was the who took the test. B) It sounds like the calculus test as the grin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It sounds like the calculus test as the grin. 22. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.3. Though very happy, the wedding ring didn't fit her finger. A) Though very happy. B) Wedding ring. C) Didn't fit her finger. D) Her finger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Though very happy. 23. Read the following sentences and select the BEST correction.14. The student was admired by all of her friends with the pink hair. A) The student with the pink hair was admired by all of her friends. B) Admired by all of her friends was the student with the pink hair. C) With the pink hair, the friends admired the student. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The student with the pink hair was admired by all of her friends. 24. Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense? Listening to music while walking home, A) I didn't notice my friend trying to get my attention. B) My friend's shouts of "hello" went unnoticed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I didn't notice my friend trying to get my attention. 25. Correct or incorrect?Standing near the runway, the sound of the jets was deafening. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. 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