This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A pack of lions ..... approaching the camp. A) Will. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 2. What type of phrase begins with "to" plus a verb and modifies a noun? A) Participial phrase. B) Absolute phrase. C) Appositive phrase. D) Infinitive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infinitive phrase. 3. Inserting a ..... between independent clauses creates a grammatically correct sentence. A) Period. B) Comma. C) Semicolon. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicolon. 4. Complete the sentence: ..... waiting for the bus, the rain started pouring. A) While. B) After. C) During. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 5. Identify the correct sentence:A) The letter was sent by my friend to the wrong address. B) My friend, sending the letter, was to the wrong address. A) The letter was sent by my friend to the wrong address. B) My friend, sending the letter, was to the wrong address. C) The wrong address by my friend was sent the letter. D) Sending the letter, my friend was to the wrong address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The letter was sent by my friend to the wrong address. 6. Complete this sentence:Misplaced modifiers ..... A) Do not clearly associate with the word they should modify. B) Do not have a subject/target word to modify in a sentence. C) Need to be moved closer to the subject/target word they describe. D) All choices listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All choices listed. 7. The sentence "My coach said during practice we would have a scrimmage" is unclear. Which revision best clarifies that the coach's announcement happened during practice? A) My coach said we would have a scrimmage during practice. B) During practice, my coach said we would have a scrimmage. C) We would have a scrimmage, my coach said during practice. D) My coach said we would have, during practice, a scrimmage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During practice, my coach said we would have a scrimmage. 8. Modifiers are always wrong; there's no correct way to use them. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What is the negative word in the following sentence:'I do not like spinach.' A) Do. B) Not. C) Like. D) Spinach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 10. True or False:In 'He nearly drove the car for six hours a day', the word 'nearly' is a misplaced modifier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Riyaan, Aashi, and Advait ..... the best students in the class. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 12. Which sentence is an example of a dangling modifier? A) 'Having robbed the bank in record time, it was possible to make off with the town's chocolate rabbit as well.'. B) 'Town with world's largest chocolate bunny robbed by thief.'. C) 'Robbers who steal chocolate bunnies rapidly attract the outrage of onlookers.'. D) 'Chocolate bunny-thieving robbers rapidly attract the outrage of onlookers.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Having robbed the bank in record time, it was possible to make off with the town's chocolate rabbit as well.'. 13. Is this sentence a run-on sentence? The manager prepared for inspection. They found broken equipment and needed to fix safety issues quickly. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 14. Neither of the little girls wants to share their toys A) Her. B) Their. C) She. D) They're. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 15. Fin found the missing assignment instructions sitting on his desk. A) Correct modifier. B) Misplaced modifier. C) Dangling modifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct modifier. 16. Identify the error in the sentence:'While reading, the music played softly.' A) The sentence is correct. B) The music cannot read. C) The modifier does not have a clear subject. D) The sentence structure is awkward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The modifier does not have a clear subject. 17. Complete the sentence: ..... , the stars twinkled in the clear night sky. A) Brightly shining B) Shining brightly C) Shine brightly D) To shine brightly A) Brightly shining. B) Shining brightly. C) Shine brightly. D) To shine brightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shining brightly. 18. What is the simple modifier in the sentence:'The wind blew fiercely through the trees.' A) Wind. B) Blew. C) Fiercely. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiercely. 19. Which revision fixes the misplaced modifier? 'She bought a car for her son with leather seats.' A) She bought a car with leather seats for her son. B) She bought for her son a car with leather seats. C) For her son, she bought a car with leather seats. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Which of the following is a misplaced modifier in the following sentence?Antoine gave a pendant to his grandmother engraved with family names. A) A pendant. B) Engraved with family names. C) His grandmother. D) With family names. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Engraved with family names. 21. Why is the sentence "He almost washed all of the dishes" potentially confusing? A) It's not clear who "he" is. B) It could mean he started to wash the dishes but was interrupted, or that he washed most but not all of them. C) It sounds like the dishes were not real. D) The word "all" should not be used with "dishes.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It could mean he started to wash the dishes but was interrupted, or that he washed most but not all of them. 22. True or False? 'The girl saw a bird sitting on a branch with binoculars.' is a correct sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Choose the sentence with the correctly placed modifier. A) She almost drove her kids to school every day. B) She drove her kids to school almost every day. C) Almost she drove her kids to school every day. D) She drove almost her kids to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She drove her kids to school almost every day. 24. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier.Slowly ascending the roller coaster, the fairground below looked increasingly small, like a miniature model of itself. A) Slowly ascending the roller coaster,. B) The fairground below looked increasingly small. C) Like a miniature model. D) Of itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slowly ascending the roller coaster,. 25. As much as I love painting, I have other things to do. A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb clause. ← 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