1. Which of the following sentences contains a parallelism error?
A. She likes reading novels, watching movies, and to swim.
B. He enjoys jogging, hiking, and cycling.
C. The committee approved the budget, rejected the proposal, and postponed the vote.
D. They came, they saw, they conquered.
2. Identify the correct sentence:
A. He is responsible for hiring employees, to train them, and evaluation.
B. He is responsible for hiring employees, training them, and evaluating them.
C. He is responsible for hiring, to train, and evaluating.
D. He is responsible for hire, training, and evaluation.
3. Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure:
A. She wanted not only to win the prize but also gaining respect.
B. She wanted not only winning the prize but also gaining respect.
C. She wanted not only to win the prize but also to gain respect.
D. She not only wanted to win the prize but also gain respect.
4. Identify the parallel sentence:
A. The project demands intelligence, dedication, and to work hard.
B. The project demands being intelligent, dedication, and hard work.
C. The project demands intelligence, dedication, and hard work.
D. The project demands to be intelligent, dedication, and hard work.
5. Select the option with faulty parallelism:
A. The teacher asked the students to read, to analyze, and to summarize the chapter.
B. She wanted to write quickly, clearly, and persuasively.
C. He likes swimming, jogging, and to hike.
D. We spent the afternoon hiking, fishing, and swimming.
6. Which sentence maintains parallel structure?
A. The manager praised his dedication, punctuality, and how well he communicates.
B. The manager praised his dedication, punctuality, and communication skills.
C. The manager praised his dedication, being punctual, and his communication skills.
D. The manager praised that he is dedicated, punctual, and communicates well.
7. Pick the sentence with correct parallelism:
A. They wanted to work in a team, collaborating efficiently, and achieving goals.
B. They wanted to work in a team, to collaborate efficiently, and achieving goals.
C. They wanted to work in a team, collaborate efficiently, and achieve goals.
D. They wanted to work in a team, collaborate efficiently, and to achieve goals.
8. Spot the error in parallelism:
A. I prefer reading to writing.
B. I prefer to read rather than to write.
C. I prefer reading rather than to write.
D. I prefer either reading or writing.
9. Choose the sentence that demonstrates faulty parallelism:
A. He not only lost his wallet but also his phone.
B. He lost not only his wallet but also his phone.
C. He not only lost his wallet but also lost his phone.
D. He lost not only his wallet but also lost his phone.
10. Which sentence contains a parallelism error?
A. She is smart, diligent, and works hard.
B. She is smart, diligent, and hardworking.
C. She is smart, diligent, and efficient.
D. She is not only smart but also diligent.
11. Identify the sentence with a dangling modifier:
A. After finishing the book, the lights were turned off.
B. After finishing the book, she turned off the lights.
C. While driving to work, she listened to the radio.
D. Before entering the room, he knocked.
12. Which of the following sentences has a misplaced modifier?
A. She almost drove her kids to school every day.
B. She drove almost her kids to school every day.
C. She drove her kids to school almost every day.
D. Almost every day, she drove her kids to school.
13. Choose the sentence with the correct modifier placement:
A. Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by the athlete.
B. Running quickly, the athlete crossed the finish line.
C. The athlete crossed the finish line running quickly.
D. Quickly the finish line was crossed by the athlete running.
14. Find the sentence with a modifying error:
A. Eager to impress the teacher, the homework was completed early.
B. Eager to impress the teacher, he completed the homework early.
C. She completed the homework early to impress the teacher.
D. He finished early, eager to impress the teacher.
15. Which of these sentences is correctly modified?
A. The man walked the dog wearing a raincoat.
B. Wearing a raincoat, the man walked the dog.
C. The man wearing a raincoat walked the dog.
D. All of the above.
16. Identify the sentence with a misplaced modifier:
A. He served pizza to the kids on paper plates.
B. He served pizza on paper plates to the kids.
C. He served the kids pizza on paper plates.
D. All of the above are grammatically acceptable.
17. Which sentence contains a dangling participial phrase?
A. While eating lunch, the phone rang.
B. While I was eating lunch, the phone rang.
C. The phone rang while I was eating lunch.
D. I was eating lunch when the phone rang.
18. Choose the best revision:
"Covered in chocolate, she devoured the cake."
A. She devoured the cake covered in chocolate.
B. She devoured the chocolate-covered cake.
C. The cake, covered in chocolate, she devoured.
D. Covered in chocolate, the cake was devoured by her.
19. Identify the illogical modifier use:
A. He only eats fruits and vegetables.
B. He eats only fruits and vegetables.
C. Only he eats fruits and vegetables.
D. He eats fruits and vegetables only.
20. Which of the following is clearest and correctly structured?
A. With a backpack on his shoulders, the trail was easy for him.
B. The trail was easy with a backpack on his shoulders.
C. With a backpack on his shoulders, he found the trail easy.
D. He found the trail easy with a backpack on his shoulders.
Answers:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. A
10.A
11.A
12.B
13.B
14.A
15.D
16.A
17.A
18.B
19.A
20.C
