GRAMMAR QUIZ: Pats of Speech, Commas, Sentence Types, Modifiers

Walking fast, I was almost home when I heard the phone ringing. Rushing into the house, it had stopped ringing before I got to it. So, grabbing a pencil, I listened to the message.

1. Which of the following sentences has a dangling modifier?

She grows strawberries and lots of vegetables in her garden. There are apple trees near the garden, and I like to climb them. When I do this, my grandmother never tells me to get down.

10. Which of the following sentences is a simple sentence?

preposition and verb pronoun and adjective noun and adverb

11. What parts of speech are the capitalized words in the sentence? WE all waited in anticipation as Lola and Marcel crossed the INSECURE bridge.

verb and pronoun adverb and preposition noun and conjunction

12. What parts of speech are the capitalized words in the sentence? Derek was unaware that farm work would be so much RESPONSIBILITY, BUT he was happy to help out the family.

Yes, she lives in a white house with a beautiful, flower-filled yard. Yes she lives in a white house with a beautiful, flower-filled yard. Yes she lives in a white house with a beautiful flower-filled yard.

13. How should the following sentence be punctuated? Yes she lives in a white house with a beautiful flower-filled yard.

Juan the captain of our soccer team, is ill. Juan the captain of our soccer team is ill. Juan, the captain of our soccer team, is ill.

14. How should the following sentence be punctuated? Juan the captain of our soccer team is ill.

I asked him how his day had gone. He had a lot of stories about what a terrible day he'd had. He sat down and told me all about what happened in the living room.

2. Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

The jogger twisted her ankle with the orange water bottle. Those cards that I gave you are handmade. Running in the wheel, I watched the hamster.

3. Which TWO sentences contain a misplaced modifier?

Yesterday, my finger got cut when I was opening a can of tuna. Yesterday, opening a can of tuna, my finger got cut. Yesterday, I cut my finger opening a can of tuna.

4. How could you revise this sentence to make it correct? Mark ALL that apply. Opening a can of tuna, my finger got cut yesterday.

Our English teacher gives us a lot of tests, and they're usually difficult. There's a test today, I hope you studied for it. The test is on punctuation, and it's supposed to be difficult.

5. Which of the following sentences is a run-on sentence?

There are 15 questions on this quiz. I hope you do well. There are 15 questions. On this quiz I hope you do well. There are 15 questions on this quiz, and I hope you do well.

6. How could you revise the following run-on sentence? Mark ALL that apply. There are 15 questions on this quiz I hope you do well.

around my neck show up at night

7. Which parts the following sentence is redundant? Select TWO answers. I'll wear a tie around my neck and show up at 7:00 pm at night for the awards ceremony.

will call on the phone she says

8. What part of the following sentence is redundant? I will call Lisa on the phone to see what she says.

I went on a train to Philadelphia. The trip was four hours long. I got tired, so I took a nap.

9. Which of the following sentences is a compound sentence?

Typically, a dangling modifier comes in the form a phrase or clause at the beginning or end of a sentence. EXAMPLE: Having finished the assignment, Jill turned on the TV. " "Having finished" states an action but does not name the doer of that action.

Dangling Modifier

Modifiers can add depth and color to your writing. They provide additional information and can make a sentence much more interesting. However, when a modifying clause is placed awkwardly in a sentence, it may refer to an unintended word. Phrases generally modify the subject that they appear closest to. EXAMPLE: Having gathered dust in the storage room for years, I finally get to use my croquet set. (How did you survive in the storage room for that long?)

MIsplaced Modifier