Practice Test_Grade 10AD

It is a word or phrase that, due to its placement, mistakenly refers to the wrong word.

• Dangling Modifier

• Participles

• Misplaced Modifier

• Verbals

Identify the misplaced modifier:

Covered with cream sauce, my husband loves spinach soufflé.

• Covered with cream sauce

• my husband

• spinach soufflé

• my husband loves spinach soufflé

It is usually a phrase, frequently found at the beginning of a sentence, which refers to a word that is not actually stated in the sentence at all.

• Misplaced Adjectives

• Dangling Modifier

• Dependent Clause

• Misplaced Modifier

Identify the dangling modifier:

Waking in the night, the fire engine could be heard.

• Waking

• Waking in the night

• the fire engine

• could be heard

To fix a misplaced modifier, relocate it next to the _____ it is supposed to modify.

• adjective

• verb

• noun

• preposition

In correcting dangling modifiers, sometimes the _____ of the verb must be changed. The original tense of the verb must be kept, however.

• pitch

• tone

• voice

• intonation

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the misplaced modifier:

The young lady was walking the dog on the telephone.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• When we opened the leather woman's purse, we found the missing keys.

• When we opened the woman's leather purse, we found the missing keys.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• I have only five minutes to talk with you.

• I only have five minutes to talk with you.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• Wearing only light shirts and shorts, we hiked through the forest.

• We hiked through the forest wearing only light shirts and shorts.