Dangling Modifier Quiz with Answers: Test Your Grammar Skills

📚 Quick Study Guide

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• A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence.
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• Dangling modifiers often appear at the beginning of a sentence.
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• To fix a dangling modifier, either rewrite the sentence to include the intended subject or place the modifier closer to the word it's meant to modify.
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• Example of a dangling modifier: "Having finished the game, the pizza was ordered." (Who finished the game?)
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• Corrected: "Having finished the game, we ordered the pizza."

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?
   1. Walking through the park, I saw a squirrel.
   2. After eating dinner, the dishes were washed.
   3. Because he studied hard, he passed the exam.
   4. She enjoys reading books in her free time.
2. Which of the following is the best revision of the sentence: "While watching TV, the doorbell rang."?
   1. While watching TV, I heard the doorbell ring.
   2. While watching TV, the doorbell was ringing.
   3. Watching TV, the doorbell rang.
   4. The doorbell rang while I watched TV.
3. Identify the dangling modifier in the sentence: "Covered in chocolate sauce, I ate the ice cream."
   1. chocolate sauce
   2. Covered in chocolate sauce
   3. I ate
   4. the ice cream
4. Which sentence correctly revises: "After being washed, the car looked shiny."?
   1. After washing, the car looked shiny.
   2. After we washed it, the car looked shiny.
   3. After being washed by me, the car looked shiny.
   4. The car looked shiny after being washed.
5. Find the sentence with no dangling modifier:
   1. Running late, the bus was missed.
   2. To bake a cake, the oven must be preheated.
   3. Having finished his homework, John watched TV.
   4. While taking a bath, the phone rang.
6. Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
   1. Having been fixed, the car ran smoothly.
   2. Having fixed the car, it ran smoothly.
   3. The car ran smoothly after being fixed.
   4. After the mechanic fixed it, the car ran smoothly.
7. How can you correct this sentence: "Walking down the street, the buildings looked tall."?
   1. Walking down the street, I saw the buildings looked tall.
   2. Walking down the street, the buildings were tall.
   3. As I walked down the street, the buildings looked tall.
   4. Down the street, the buildings looked tall.