Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 16 (11 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 16
1. While jogging along Center Street, Ella saw a dog.
A) Correct.
B) Incorrect.
2. T or F:Misplaced modifiers can be adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases or clauses.
A) False.
B) True.
3. Choose the sentence that has no dangling or misplaced modifier.
A) The homework on her computer was shared with her friend.
B) She shared her homework with her friend on her computer.
C) Both sentences are correct.
D) None of above.
4. Choose the best way to correct the sentence:Two cars were reported stolen, by the police this week.
A) The police stole two cars this week.
B) The police reported that two cars were stolen this week.
5. Which sentence does NOT contain a misplaced modifier or dangling modifier?.
A) Covered in dust, Mercy ran through the gate and sat on the bench.
B) Mercy ran through the gate and sat on the bench covered in dust.
6. Identify the dangling modifier:Waking in the night, the fire engine could be heard.
A) Could be heard.
B) The fire engine.
C) Waking.
D) Waking in the night.
7. Having been fined by industry regulators and dismissed by his employer for insider trading, being unemployed was difficult for Jimmy.
A) Jimmy finding unemployment difficult.
B) Unemployment was difficult for Jimmy.
C) Being unemployed is difficult for Jimmy.
D) Being unemployed was difficult for Jimmy.
E) Jimmy found unemployment difficult.
8. Which of the following sentences is written with all modifiers placed correctly?.
A) Quasars fascinate me which many astronomers throughout the world study.
B) The dog that has been running loose in the neighborhood barked at the letter carrier.
C) The mail man is a kind guy that delivers our mail.
D) My son will meet you there which is the most reliable person I know.
9. Choose the sentence that has no dangling or misplaced modifier.
A) Maria walked her dog that was barking with excitement.
B) Barking with excitement, Maria was walking her dog.
C) Both sentences are correct.
D) None of above.
10. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.8. Hungry, the sandwich was eaten by me.
A) Hungry.
B) The was sandwich.
C) Was eaten.
D) By me.
11. After the football game, the leftover pizza went into the refrigerator.
A) Contains no modifier.
B) Contains a dangling modifier.
C) Contains a misplaced modifier.
D) Is correct as written.