This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Consider the sentence: "Looking at the stars, the sky was breathtaking." What is the issue with this construction? A) The phrase "Looking at the stars" modifies the wrong noun. B) The subject "sky" is unreasonably paired with the modifier. C) There's a missing preposition before "breathtaking.". D) The sentence requires a conjunction for clarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The phrase "Looking at the stars" modifies the wrong noun. 2. Read through the following sentence and determine if the sentence is correct or incorrect, depending on how the modifier is used. Having finished studying for the test, dinner was started. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 3. What is the definition of presumptuous? A) Feeling doubt, uncertainty, or suspicion. B) Silly or not serious; not important. C) Too confident, especially in a way that is rude; arrogant. D) Readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too confident, especially in a way that is rude; arrogant. 4. What is the participial phrase in this sentence?Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Lunch table. B) Sitting. C) Sitting at the lunch table. D) Ate her tuna sandwich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting at the lunch table. 5. Feeling extremely nervous, Julia bit her nails until they bled. A) Correct. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Dangling Modifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 6. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. A) Correct. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling. 7. Walking to school, a bus nearly ran me over. A) Participle Adjective. B) Regular Adjective. C) Nominative Absolute. D) Dangling Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dangling Adjective. 8. Which sentence has a dangling modifier? A) While I was working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. B) Working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. C) I lost all of my work when the power went out while I was working on my computer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. 9. Which option best corrects the sentence below?Driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache. A) Correct as written. B) My head started to ache driving in heavy traffic. C) While I was driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While I was driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache. 10. What word can be defined as agreeable; being friendly and sociable A) Dubious. B) Frivolous. C) Hospitable. D) Amiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amiable. 11. Hungry for a big plate of spuds, my portion of mashed potatoes looked disappointingly small. A) NO CHANGE. B) I was hungry for a big plate of spuds,. C) With a big appetite for spuds,. D) Because I was hungry for a big plate of spuds,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because I was hungry for a big plate of spuds,. 12. While she was playing at the park, Lindy accidentally stepped on a piece of glass without any shoes on.What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence? A) At the park. B) Without any shoes on. C) Accidentally. D) On a piece of glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without any shoes on. 13. What is the verb in this sentence?Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Ate. B) Sitting. C) Tuna sandwich. D) Absolute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 14. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Covered in chocolate, the children enjoyed the strawberries. A) The children were covered in chocolate. B) The strawberries were covered in chocolate. C) The sentence is correct. D) We don't know who was covered in chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The strawberries were covered in chocolate. 15. If Keesha wants to add the phrase "from the library" to describe the book, where should she place it in the sentence below?My sister finished reading the book in two days. A) Between sister and finished. B) After days. C) Between book and in. D) Before My. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between book and in. 16. While driving down the highway, we saw a deer. A) This sentence does contain a dangling modifier. B) This sentence does not contain a dangling modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This sentence does not contain a dangling modifier. 17. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on. A) Correct. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling. 18. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? After eating the cake, the plate was washed by Sarah. A) The cake was eating the plate. B) The sentence is correct. C) Sarah needs to be mentioned earlier in the sentence. D) We don't know who ate the cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah needs to be mentioned earlier in the sentence. 19. According to this sentence, what is running down the hallway?Running down the hallway, the lights were left on in the classroom. A) The narrator. B) The lights. C) No one. D) The classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lights. 20. Determine if the sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier. We saw a herd of sheep on the way to our hotel in Paris. A) Misplaced. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced. 21. Select the correct structure. A) To grow tired of London is growing tired of life. B) To grow tired of London is to grow tired of life. C) Growing tired of London is to grow tired of life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To grow tired of London is to grow tired of life. 22. Growing up in Kentucky, these fossils were common. A) NO CHANGE. B) Where we grew up. C) Living as children. D) Having grown up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where we grew up. 23. Which of the following job descriptions require the employee to NOT be hospitable A) Bodyguard. B) Waitress. C) Mall Santa. D) Nurse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bodyguard. 24. The band and I had a sold-out performance last night. There was not a single seat left in the auditorium after playing the first song. Screaming in excitement, the fans amazed us with their energy. We didn't want the night to end because of them. Which modifier is dangling in the paragraph above? A) Screaming in excitement. B) With their energy. C) In the auditorium. D) After playing the first song. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After playing the first song. 25. Which part is the dangeling modifier?"Having read this letter, my parrot since died." A) Having read this letter. B) My parrot since died. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having read this letter. ← 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 9Dangling Modifiers Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books