This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence, "I told my brother in the morning we would go to the park, " which part is the squinting modifier? A) I told. B) My brother. C) In the morning. D) We would go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the morning. 2. Choose the sentence that correctly uses modifiers: A) Reading every night, the book was finished by Josh. B) The book was read every night, finished by Josh. C) Josh, reading every night, finished the book. D) Finished by Josh, reading every night was the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Josh, reading every night, finished the book. 3. Which of the following sentences correctly applies the placement of modifiers? A) The girl almost drove her brother to school every day. B) The girl drove her brother to school almost every day. C) Almost the girl drove her brother to school every day. D) The girl drove almost her brother to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl drove her brother to school almost every day. 4. Choose the sentence with a fixed Misplaced modifier A) I nearly made fifty dollars today. B) I made nearly fifty dollars today. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I made nearly fifty dollars today. 5. The TV helps me get through the night, as I have trouble sleeping A) NO CHANGE. B) Having trouble sleeping, the T.V. helped me get through the night. C) The T.V. gave me the inability to sleep. D) The T.V. helped the night get through sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 6. In the sentence 'I read the book in the library that my teacher assigned, ' what does the phrase 'that my teacher assigned' incorrectly seem to describe? A) I. B) The book. C) The library. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The library. 7. True or False:A modifier can be more than one word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Is the prepositional phrase in the sentence an adjective or an adverb phrase?Do you like swimming in the ocean? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 9. What is the dangling modifier in this sentence?Walking along the bridge, a ship suddenly appeared. A) Suddenly appeared. B) Along the bridge. C) A ship suddenly. D) Walking along the bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking along the bridge. 10. Does the following sentence have a dangling or a misplaced modifier?After peeling apples, the baby munched on them with his mom. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced Modifier. 11. True or False:Misplaced modifiers can result in humorous misunderstandings. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Complete the sentence with the clearest modifier placement:The boy ..... won the race. A) Won the race in the blue shorts. B) In the blue shorts won the race. C) Won the race who was in the blue shorts. D) In the blue shorts, he won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the blue shorts won the race. 13. What is the correct form of the sentence: "To improve our wrestling team, new weight equipment was purchased by our school" ? A) New weight equipment was purchased by our school to improve our wrestling team. B) To improve our wrestling team, the school purchased new weight equipment. C) Our school purchased new weight equipment to improve our wrestling team. D) The school purchased new weight equipment to improve our wrestling team. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To improve our wrestling team, the school purchased new weight equipment. 14. Complete the sentence:The pizza ..... by the kids was delicious. A) Eaten. B) Eating. C) Ate. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 15. Identify the misplaced modifier. A) The teacher gave a test to the students that was very hard. B) The teacher gave a very hard test to the students. C) The teacher gave the students a very hard test. D) The students were given a very hard test by the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher gave a test to the students that was very hard. 16. Complete the sentence:After taking a long nap, ..... was refreshed. A) The cat. B) The cat's owner. C) The sun. D) The room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat. 17. Which sentence uses a simple modifier correctly? A) Quickly, the rabbit hopped away. B) The rabbit quickly hopped away. C) The rabbit hopped away quickly. D) Hopped away quickly, the rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rabbit quickly hopped away. 18. Complete the sentence with the correct modifier: ..... on the chair, the cat slept soundly. A) Curled up. B) Curling up. C) Curled up. D) Curl up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curled up. 19. Which sentence correctly uses modifiers? A) The student heard about the final exam walking through the hallway. B) Walking through the hallway, the final exam was heard by the student. C) The student, walking through the hallway, heard about the final exam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The student, walking through the hallway, heard about the final exam. 20. Complete the sentence:While ..... , the book fell off the shelf. A) reading B) read C) to read D) reads A) Reading. B) Read. C) To read. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading. 21. Which sentence correctly uses an adjective to modify a noun? A) The quickly rabbit jumped over the fence. B) The rabbit quickly jumped over the high fence. C) The rabbit, jumping quickly, over the fence. D) The quick rabbit jumped over the fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The quick rabbit jumped over the fence. 22. True or False:The sentence 'After eating lunch, the dishes were washed by my brother' contains a dangling modifier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Choose the best way to fix this sentence: "After scoring the winning goal, the crowd cheered for the player." A) The crowd cheered for the player after scoring the winning goal. B) After scoring the winning goal, the player was cheered for by the crowd. C) After the player scored the winning goal, the crowd cheered. D) The crowd, after scoring the winning goal, cheered for the player. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the player scored the winning goal, the crowd cheered. 24. Fix the dangling modifier in the following sentence:While cooking dinner, the fire alarm suddenly went off. A) While cooking dinner, the fire alarm went off suddenly. B) I heard the fire alarm suddenly go off while cooking dinner. C) The fire alarm suddenly went off while cooking dinner. D) While cooking dinner, I suddenly heard the fire alarm go off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I heard the fire alarm suddenly go off while cooking dinner. 25. Which of the following is a dangling modifier in the following sentence?Running down the hill near our house, my knee was hurt. A) Running down the hill near our house. B) Running down the hill. C) Near our house. D) Hurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running down the hill near our house. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDangling Modifiers Quiz 1Dangling Modifiers Quiz 2Dangling Modifiers Quiz 3Dangling Modifiers Quiz 4Dangling Modifiers Quiz 5Dangling Modifiers Quiz 6Dangling Modifiers Quiz 7Dangling Modifiers Quiz 8Dangling Modifiers Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books