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Misplaced Modifiers
20 Questions DATE  : 

1. Which sentence is correct?

I gave the gift to my mom with the purple My mom, with the purple bow, was given
A B
bow. a gift by me.

I gave the gift with the purple bow to my

C D The purple bow, I gave a gift to my mom.
mom.

2. Which sentence is correct?

The dog is sitting on the couch The dog, with floppy ears, is sitting on the
A B
with floppy ears and barking. couch and barking.

3. Which sentence is written MOST clearly and correctly?

The lady with a headache shopped for a The lady shopped for a dress with a
A B
dress. headache.

4. Which sentence is correct?

The saleswoman sold the Audi to the The saleswoman sold the Audi with the
A B
man with leather seats. leather seats to the man.

5. Which sentence correctly avoids misplaced modifiers?

Abdullah gasped as the badly wrapped

The badly wrapped burrito squirted its
burrito squirted its contents onto his
A contents onto Abdullah's shirt, which was B
shirt, which was spicy hot and full of
spicy hot and full of lettuce.
lettuce.

The badly wrapped burrito, which was

C spicy hot and full of lettuce, squirted its
contents onto Abdullah's shirt.

6. True or False. The sentence contains a misplaced modifier.

 Hannah kept all her medicine in the medicine cabinet that had been prescribed to her.

A True B False

7. Which sentence correctly avoids misplaced modifiers?

Leaking in a wasteful manner, we called a The repairman fixed the kitchen faucet,
A B
repairman to fix the kitchen faucet. which leaked in a wasteful manner.

Leaking wastefully, the repairman arrived

C
to fix the kitchen faucet.

8. A(n) ___ is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies (or describes) another word and adds
detail to a sentence.

A adverb B verb

C modifier D adjective

9. What does the red phrase modify (or describe) in the following sentence?
The shoes with the yellow stripes are expensive.

A expensive B shoes
10. A(n) ____ modifies (or describes) nouns or pronouns.

A pronoun B adjective 

C adverb D verb

11. A modifier is a __________, __________ or _____________ that adds description to a sentence.

A sentence, paragraph, essay B word, phrase, clause

12. T or F: Misplaced modifiers can be adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases or clauses.

A True B False

13. Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

B. We discovered an Italian bakery a few

A. We discovered an Italian bakery that
A B miles from our house that had just
just opened a few miles from our house.
opened.

14. Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

B. The child with fuzzy orange hair A. The child playing on the jungle gym
A B
playing on the jungle gym is my nephew. with fuzzy orange hair is my nephew.

15. Which of the following is correct? Dangling modifier.

A. Though not a fan of science fiction, I B. Though not a fan of science fiction, the
A liked the new Star Trek movie, to my B new Star Trek movie, to my surprise, was
surprise, was very enjoyable. very enjoyable.

16. What is a misplaced modifier?

A dangling modifier B misunderstand senctence

C incorrectly separated word(s) D with a smoky tailpipe

17. What is a dangling modifier?

A even B almost

C modifier begins sentence D no word sentence to describe

18. What is the modifier in the sentence below that is describing the word woman. The
woman behind the cash register is the owner of the store.

A the cash register B behind the cash register

C of the store D is the owner

19. Two cars were reported stolen by the police this week.

A Dangling modifier B Misplaced modifier

C Correct

20. Choose the best way to correct the sentence: Two cars were reported stolen by the police
this week.

The police reported that two cars were

A B It's already correct.
stolen this week.

C The police stole two cars this week.

Answer Key

1.c 2.b 3.a 4.b

5.c 6.a 7.b 8.c

9.b 10.b 11.b 12.a

13.a 14.a 15.a 16.c

17.d 18.b 19.b 20.a