Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

Huddled by the door, the cat cried to come in from the cold.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

Struggling with homework, Al tapped on his desk with a pen.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

Will asked Maya, who was applying nail polish, to stop.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

Splashing in puddles after the rain, she cooled her feet.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

She served the children sandwiches on paper plates.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

Perched on the sofa, the bird saw the cat slink away.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

Joey, satisfied with his grades, walked away from the class., Satisfied with his grades, Joey walked away from the class.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

Jane saw Marco eat a cupcake frosted with vanilla icing.

Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?

She went to work in her new jeans, which were too tight.

Which sentence does not contain an ambiguously misplaced modifier?

With a smile, Mr Page returned Ian's test; Ian was happy.

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Misplaced modifiers

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1
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Huddled by the door, the cat cried to come in from the cold.
Huddled by the door, the cold made the cat cry to come in.
The cat cried to come in from the cold huddled by the door.
The cold, huddled by the door, made the cat want to come in.
2
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Struggling with homework, Al's desk was tapped with a pen.
Struggling with homework, the pen was tapped on Al’s desk.
Struggling with homework, Al tapped on his desk with a pen.
Struggling with homework, the pen tapped Al with the desk.
3
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Maya asked Will to stop, who was applying nail polish.
Will asked Maya, who was applying nail polish, to stop.
Will asked Maya to stop, who was applying nail polish.
4
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Splashing in puddles, the rain cooled her feet.
Splashing in puddles after the rain, her feet cooled her.
Splashing in puddles after the rain, water cooled her feet.
Splashing in puddles after the rain, she cooled her feet.
5
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
She served paper plates to children on sandwiches.
She served sandwiches to children on paper plates.
On paper plates, she served sandwiches to children.
She served the children sandwiches on paper plates.
6
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Perched on the sofa, the slink saw the cat bird away.
Perched on the sofa, the bird saw slink away the cat.
Perched on the sofa, the bird saw the cat slink away.
The bird saw the cat, perched on the sofa, slink away.
7
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Joey, satisfied with his grades, walked away from the class.
Satisfied with his grades, Joey walked away from the class.
Satisfied with Joey, the grades walked away from the class.
Joey and the grades, satisfied with the class, walked away.
8
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Jane saw Marco frosted with vanilla icing eat a cupcake.
Frosted with vanilla icing, Jane saw Marco eat a cupcake.
Jane saw a frosted with vanilla icing cupcake eat Marco.
Jane saw Marco eat a cupcake frosted with vanilla icing.
9
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
She went to work in her new jeans, which were too tight.
She went to work, too tight, in her new jeans.
Too tight, she and her jeans went to work.
Too tight for her, she went to work in her new jeans.
10
Which sentence does not contain an ambiguously misplaced modifier?
With a smile, Ian was happy when Mr. Page returned his test.
With a smile, Mr Page returned Ian's test; Ian was happy.
When Mr. Page returned his test with a smile, Ian was happy.
Ian was happy when Mr. Page returned his test with a smile.

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Misplaced modifiers

10 termsStudBud Administration218 plays

A grammar quiz about misplaced modifiers - test your knowledge of English!

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Huddled by the door, the cat cried to come in from the cold.
Huddled by the door, the cold made the cat cry to come in.
The cat cried to come in from the cold huddled by the door.
The cold, huddled by the door, made the cat want to come in.
2
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Struggling with homework, Al's desk was tapped with a pen.
Struggling with homework, the pen was tapped on Al’s desk.
Struggling with homework, Al tapped on his desk with a pen.
Struggling with homework, the pen tapped Al with the desk.
3
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Maya asked Will to stop, who was applying nail polish.
Will asked Maya, who was applying nail polish, to stop.
Will asked Maya to stop, who was applying nail polish.
4
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Splashing in puddles, the rain cooled her feet.
Splashing in puddles after the rain, her feet cooled her.
Splashing in puddles after the rain, water cooled her feet.
Splashing in puddles after the rain, she cooled her feet.
5
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
She served paper plates to children on sandwiches.
She served sandwiches to children on paper plates.
On paper plates, she served sandwiches to children.
She served the children sandwiches on paper plates.
6
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Perched on the sofa, the slink saw the cat bird away.
Perched on the sofa, the bird saw slink away the cat.
Perched on the sofa, the bird saw the cat slink away.
The bird saw the cat, perched on the sofa, slink away.
7
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Joey, satisfied with his grades, walked away from the class.
Satisfied with his grades, Joey walked away from the class.
Satisfied with Joey, the grades walked away from the class.
Joey and the grades, satisfied with the class, walked away.
8
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
Jane saw Marco frosted with vanilla icing eat a cupcake.
Frosted with vanilla icing, Jane saw Marco eat a cupcake.
Jane saw a frosted with vanilla icing cupcake eat Marco.
Jane saw Marco eat a cupcake frosted with vanilla icing.
9
Which sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier?
She went to work in her new jeans, which were too tight.
She went to work, too tight, in her new jeans.
Too tight, she and her jeans went to work.
Too tight for her, she went to work in her new jeans.
10
Which sentence does not contain an ambiguously misplaced modifier?
With a smile, Ian was happy when Mr. Page returned his test.
With a smile, Mr Page returned Ian's test; Ian was happy.
When Mr. Page returned his test with a smile, Ian was happy.
Ian was happy when Mr. Page returned his test with a smile.