Modifiers and Sentence Correction
Practice identifying and correcting dangling and misplaced modifiers in sentences through error-spotting exercises.
Questions
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Sweating profusely
(b) from the exertion,
(c) there are some drawbacks
(d) to cycling in the summer
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Smoking vigourously
(b) a big cigar, the baby
(c) was admired by
(d) his father
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) When five years old,
(b) my father
(c) got me enrolled
(d) in a school
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Having finished the
(b) examination, the
(c) invigilator allowed me
(d) to leave the examination hall
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Before considering a
(b) candidate for selection,
(c) he must have team spirit
(d) and an organizational attitude
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Noting the change
(b) in the overall mood,
(c) it was decided by the anchor to drop
(d) the discussion there and then
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Direction: Choose the best expression out of the following options.
- She decided not to try again after failing to qualify in the entrance test thrice.
- Having failed to qualify the entrance test thrice, the decision was taken by her not to try again.
- Having failed to qualify the entrance test thrice, the decision not to try again was taken by her.
- Having failed to qualify the entrance test, the decision was taken by her not to try again thrice.
- Having failed to qualify, the decision was taken by her not to try again the entrance test thrice.
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Many directions were
(b) passed down by the
(c) new incumbent that
(d) had an insulting tone
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Direction: Choose the best expression out of the following options.
- Chased around by the stray dogs, the kind lady stooped to pick up the terrified kitten.
- The kind lady stopped to pick up the terrified kitten that was chased around by the stray dogs.
- The kind lady stooped to pick up the terrified kitten that who chased around by the stray dogs.
- Chased around by the stray dogs, the terrified kind lady stooped to pick up the kitten.
- The terrified kind lady stooped to pick up the terrified kitten who was chased around by the stray dogs.
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Prudence requires that we should
(b) meet the dangers that threaten us,
(c) by turning all our philosophy,
(d) science, and art, into practical common sense
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) The tallest peak in the
(b) world, the weather on
(c) Mount Everest is
(d) notoriously unpredictable
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) He complied with the
(b) order so that all the
(c) students of the school
(d) should follow the dress code
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Lost in the jungle and completely exhausted,
(b) dark woods frightened them but just as they
(c) were about to lose all hope, they saw a
(d) house at a distance of two miles
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) To prevent rashes,
(b) prickly heat powder
(c) should
(d) be used in summers
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (e).
(a) Sweating heavily
(b) from the exertion,
(c) my shirt was soaked
(d) in five minutes
(e) No error
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e