Grammar and Sentence Structure Quiz

Identify the sentence with a dangling modifier:

• While reading the book, the phone rang.

• While reading the book, she answered the phone.

• The phone rang while she was reading the book.

• While reading the book, her phone rang.

Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure:

• She likes swimming, to read, and biking.

• She likes swimming, reading, and biking.

• She likes swimming, to read books, and biking.

• She likes to swim, reading, and to bike.

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

• Since she arrived late.

• She arrived late because of traffic.

• She was late, but she still made it to the meeting.

• She arrived.

Identify the correct version of the sentence:

• I can neither run fast nor jump high.

• I neither can run fast nor jump high.

• I can either run fast nor jump high.

• I neither can fast run nor jump high.

Choose the sentence without a misplaced modifier:

• She served pizza to the guests on paper plates.

• She served the guests pizza on paper plates.

• She on paper plates served pizza to the guests.

• The guests served pizza to her on paper plates.

Which sentence has a run-on problem?

• I love chocolate I eat it every day.

• I love chocolate, and I eat it every day.

• Because I love chocolate, I eat it every day.

• I eat chocolate every day because I love it.

Correct the pronoun-antecedent agreement:

• Each student must bring his or her own pencil.

• Each student must bring their own pencils.

• Every student must bring their own pencil.

• Each student must bring their own pencil.

Which sentence correctly uses possessives?

• My friends’ house is on the left.

• My friends house is on the left.

• My friend’s house is on the left.

• My friend’s house is on the left side of the streets.

Choose the correct plural form:

• The childrens’ toys are everywhere.

• The children’s toys are everywhere.

• The childrens’s toys are everywhere.

• The childrens toys are everywhere.

Which sentence has a misplaced modifier?

• The dog barked loudly at the stranger.

• Barking loudly, the stranger frightened the dog.

• The stranger was frightened by the dog barking loudly.

• The dog, barking loudly, frightened the stranger.