Deck 45: Modifiers

Question 1

Which one of the following is the comparative form of the adjective dirty?

A) most dirty
B) more dirty
C) dirtiest
D) dirtier

Answer 1

dirtier

Question 2

Which one of the following is the superlative form of the adjective good?

A) good
B) gooder
C) better
D) best

Answer 2

best

Question 3

Which one of the following adjective forms is not grammatically correct?

A) happier
B) least romantic
C) magnificenter
D) easy

Answer 3

magnificenter

Question 4

Which one of the following sentences is not grammatically correct?

A) I am most energetic in the mornings.
B) Her artwork is some of the most colorful I've seen so far.
C) This cell phone is the least reliable of the two.
D) His chili is spicier than mine.

Question 5

Which one of the following sentences uses an incorrect form of good or bad?

A) The more better decision would be to wait until the storm is over.
B) My chickenpox outbreak is worse today than yesterday.
C) Out of all the products, bleach works the best.
D) The worst time of my life was when I agreed to go on a blind date.

Question 6

Which one of the following adjectives is an absolute that cannot be compared?

A) blue
B) lazy
C) round
D) fuzzy

Question 7

Which one of the following is the comparative form of the adverb regularly?

A) more regularly
B) most regularly
C) regularly
D) regularler

Question 8

Which one of the following adverb forms is not grammatically correct?

A) badlyer
B) slowly
C) most frantically
D) really

Question 9

Which one of the following sentences uses an adjective where it should use an adverb?

A) We sang badly but boldly.
B) Speak loud.
C) Pay close attention to what I am doing.
D) I didn't mean to speak so sharply to you.

Question 10

Which one of the following sentences uses an adjective where it should use an adverb?

A) Treat people kindly, and people will probably be nice to you in return.
B) The kitten cried loudly for its mother.
C) Play fair, or you'll be excused from the game.
D) He danced outrageously in front of everyone.

Question 11

Which one of the following sentences uses an incorrect form of good/well or bad/badly?

A) I was having a bad time, so I went home.
B) While at camp, all I could think about was how bad I wanted to go home.
C) This gumbo is very good.
D) You did well for a beginner.

Question 12

Which one of the following sentences uses an incorrect form of good/well or bad/badly?

A) Karen's good attitude landed her a new job.
B) Complaining about the problem will do no good.
C) Dorothy thinks badly of people only when they are rude to her.
D) Do you see good enough to read that sign?

Question 13

Which one of the following sentences has a double negative construction?

A) I sent a check to the company, but the company never mailed no receipt.
B) The officer had to give the teenager a ticket, but the officer took no pleasure in it.
C) She doesn't want any more valentines.
D) You don't have anything to worry about.

Question 14

A misplaced modifier

A) is the same thing as a dangling modifier.
B) is too far from the word or words it refers to.
C) can confuse your reader.
D) does both (b) and (c).

Question 15

You can correct a misplaced modifier by

A) moving it as close as possible to the word or words it refers to.
B) adding another modifier next to it.
C) removing it completely from the sentence.
D) adding another dependent clause.

Question 16

Which one of the following sentences does not contain a misplaced modifier?

A) A strange man slipped me a note wearing a long black coat and a hat that covered his eyes.
B) The hamster seemed happy in its new cage, who always tried to escape.
C) The telephone in the back room kept ringing and ringing.
D) The wheel came loose that squeaked.

Question 17

A dangling modifier

A) often appears at the beginning of a sentence.
B) has nothing to refer to in a sentence.
C) is the same thing as a misplaced modifier.
D) does both (a) and (b).

Question 18

You can correct a dangling modifier by

A) adding an independent clause.
B) inserting the missing word that is being referred to.
C) rewriting the sentence.
D) doing either (b) or (c).

Question 19

Which one of the following sentences does not contain a dangling modifier?

A) To give a speech properly, the notes must be in order.
B) To inherit the money, an overnight stay in the old house must be accomplished first.
C) To drop this class, three signatures are required.
D) To keep the cake from going flat, you should beat the eggs until they are fluffy and then gently fold them into the batter.

Question 20

Which one of the following sentences does not contain a dangling modifier?

A) Falling flat on her face in front of everyone, her face turned red.
B) After seeing the consequences, I decided to never drink and drive.
C) Accidentally hitting the glass, the milk spilled to the floor.
D) Running frantically from the dog, the letters flew from the mail carrier's bag.

Question 21

Choose the correct forms of the adjectives in the following sentence.
Those who won a scholarship were chosen not because they had the (higher, highest) grade in the class, but because they had the (stronger, strongest) desire to succeed.

Question 22

Choose the correct forms of the adverbs in the following sentence.
He played a cowboy who had the (quicker, quickest) draw and could saddle a horse (faster, more faster) than a rattlesnake could bite.

Question 23

Choose the correct forms of the modifiers in the following sentence.
There aren't (any, no) hotel rooms to be found (anywhere, nowhere) in this (sleepy, sleepily) town.

Question 24

Choose the correct form of the modifiers in the following sentence.
Your band plays (good, well), but you chose (bad, badly) when you picked her as your lead singer.

Question 25

What is the difference between a misplaced modifier and a dangling modifier?