Quiz: Parallel Structure and Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Indicate whether the following sentence contains correct parallel structure: I like to hike, ski, and I enjoy golfing.

Incorrect

Indicate whether the following sentence contains correct parallel structure: I like drinking coffee in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening.

Indicate whether the following sentence contains correct parallel structure: I like drinking coffee in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening.Correct Parallel Structure

Indicate whether the following sentence is correct or a dangling or misplaced modifier: When I checked my pocket, I only had $5.

Misplaced Modifier

In each of the following sentences, the independent clause is written in the passive voice. If you were to rewrite the clause in the active voice, select the answer that correctly identifies the words you would use as subject and verb. If the independent clause has no word(s) that could serve as a subject, an appropriate subject may be provided in one of the answers. If neither answer is correct, select Neither is correct. Long before the Europeans arrived, rich cultures and languages had been developed by Native American tribes.

Neither is correct.

In each of the following sentences, the independent clause is written in the passive voice. If you were to rewrite the clause in the active voice, select the answer that correctly identifies the words you would use as subject and verb. If the independent clause has no word(s) that could serve as a subject, an appropriate subject may be provided in one of the answers. If neither answer is correct, select Neither is correct. Long before the Europeans arrived, rich cultures and languages had been developed by Native American tribes.

tribes; had developed

In the following sentence, the independent clause is written in the passive voice. Select the answer that correctly uses the active voice. After years of tight races between the New York Yankees and other teams, the World Series was finally won by the Boston Red Sox in 2004. Group of answer choices

someone; made

Indicate whether the following sentence is correct or a dangling modifier: Having studied for the test all night, I was hoping to pass.

Correct

Indicate whether the following sentence is correct or a dangling modifier: Having received an eviction notice, my cat was the only comfort I had.

Dangling Modifier

Indicate whether the following sentence is correct or a dangling modifier: Swinging from the tree, the principal saw the pet monkey climb from branch to branch. Group of answer choices

Dangling Modifier

The paragraph below contains several errors in parallelism. For each multiple-choice question, decide if the selection in bold needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.Housed at Trinity University in Dublin and it is encased in a protective display cabinet, the Book of Kells is the astoundingly beautiful product of Irish monks working in the seventh to ninth centuries. The work is a codex, a bound book, that contains the four gospels of the New Testament. In addition, the gospels are prefaced with listings of Hebrew names, canon tables or concordances for the gospels are found, it has brief summaries of the gospels, and explanations of the four evangelists who wrote the gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John the Evangelist. The text is written in Latin, and the writers based it on the Vulgate of Saint Jerome, completed in A.D. 384. The book is one of many products of the widespread and what was a highly successful monastic presence in Ireland, which began with the arrival of Saint Patrick in the fourth century and many other Irish missionaries arrived in the fifth. The date and place of origin of the Book of Kells are still debated, but two locations, Iona and another named Kells, both associated with Saint Colum Cille, are believed to be the likeliest choices. Saint Colum Cille founded a monastery at Iona, an island off western Scotland, around 561, but later a house of refuge at Kells in county Meath, Ireland, was created by his order in 807, after Viking raids endangered the site at Iona. The Book of Kells was most likely written during the time of the migration.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the selection in bold?

In addition, the gospels are prefaced with listings of Hebrew names, canon tables or concordances for the gospels, brief summaries of the gospels, and explanations of the four evangelists who wrote the gospels: