Syntax

Tom, who was responsible for sales, made the presentation.

• Tom sales responsible made the presentation.

• Tom responsible for sales made the presentation.

• Tom, responsible for sales, made the presentation.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• The department store is looking for someone with experience to sell clothes.
• The department store is looking for someone to sell clothes with experience.
• Looking for someone, the department store with experience is to sell clothes.
• Looking for someone, the department store is with experience to sell clothes.

What does the underlined clause modify?

I left my bookbag where I always do - on the floor in the middle of the kitchen.

• left

• bookbag

• do

• floor

Choose the best answer for each question. Avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers.

• Jose admired the artwork carefully assembled with thread and wire.

• Carefully assembled with thread and wire, Jose admired the artwork.

• Both sentences are incorrect.

Which sentence is correct?

• Having sent the suspect to jail, the case seemed to be closed.

• Having sent the suspect to jail, they seemed to close the case.

Which, if any, change should be made to the sentence to punctuate it correctly? 

Tired from her trek she slowly made her way to the cottage.

• Tired, from her trek she slowly made her way to the cottage.

• Tired from her, trek she slowly made her way to the cottage.

• Tired from her trek, she slowly made her way to the cottage.

• No Changes

Which sentence is written correctly? 

• Exploring the cave, a new tunnel was discovered. 
• Exploring the cave, we discovered a new tunnel. 

Rewrite the sentence to correct the modifier: "Running quickly, the finish line seemed to approach."

• Running quickly, he saw the finish line seemed to approach.

• The finish line seemed to approach as he was running quickly.

• He seemed to approach the finish line running quickly.

• The finish line, running quickly, seemed to approach.

Answer explanation

The correct choice rephrases the sentence to correctly place the modifier 'running quickly' before the action it describes, which is 'he was running quickly.'

Choose the best way to correct this sentence:Trevor gave a sculpture to his girlfriend that he had carved out of soap.

• Trevor carved his girlfriend out of soap.
• Trevore gave a sculpture that he had carved out of soap to his girlfriend.
• It's already correct.

Which sentence has a misplaced modifier?

• Jorge almost kicked the ball 14 meters.

• Jorge tried his best to make a scoring kick..

• Jorge quickly kicked the ball and scored.

• Jorge really wanted his team to win the game.