Misplaced Modifiers Quiz Questions And Answers

By placing modifiers close to the words they modify, you can avoid misplaced modifiers that change the intended meaning of a sentence. 

This sentence is correct because one knows that Lancaster is the one doing the action of riding, not the bird.

The sentence that makes the most sense is that Lance, the name of a person, crashed the car. The other three subjects are inanimate objects and do not make sense driving the car.

A misplaced modifier can be either a word or an entire phrase.

This revision correctly repositions the modifier "Staring out of the window" next to the subject it is meant to modify, "rain," making the sentence clear and grammatically correct.

The sentence contains a misplaced modifier. It makes it sound like the kitten was the one typing.

The third option is correct because the phrase “jumping up” describes the kitten, and the sentence makes sense.

The second sentence is the only one that does not make sense and has its modifier incorrect. In the sentence it sounds like the couple is fluffy, not the kitten.

In this sentence, the phrase "Running quickly" is meant to modify Sarah, but it is incorrectly positioned at the beginning of the sentence, making it seem like the marathon itself was running quickly.

The correct answer is the last one because the sentence has a misplaced modifier. An example of the sentence corrected: Having finished studying, we began baking cookies.