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Topic/Course

Modifier Error
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)
Topic/Course
I drank a cup of hot coffee
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

He ran up the stairs quickly

Rahul, driven by extreme hunger, ate 5 sandwiches for breakfast.


She servedTopic/Course
sandwiches to the children on paper plates.
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

The patient was referred to a psychologist with several emotional


problems.
Topic/Course
Dangling Modifiers
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

Thoroughly inspected for signs of wear or damage, the engineer


found the machine to be in perfect order
Topic/Course
Squinting Modifier
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

Cycling up hills quickly strengthens your quadriceps.


Adjectives Topic/Course
vs. Adverbs:
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

Ravi Varma’s Krishna is his supposedly best-known painting.

Ravi Varma’s Krishna is his supposed best-known painting


Which vs. the Present Participle

Topic/Course
The factory has recently installed new machines for processing raw
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)
material, which has led to an increase in its output.

The installation of new machines for processing raw material has led
to an increase in the factory’s output.

The factory has recently installed new machines for processing raw
material, significantly increasing its output.
Topic/Course
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

Determiners
Few vs A few:
Topic/Course
Few people who had come to the meeting were interested in
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)
the debate.

A few people who came to the meeting were interested in the lecture.
Little vs A little:
Topic/Course
The gangsterSub-Topic
paid (Example:
little heed to the inspector’s threats.
name of college)

The gangster paid a little heed to the inspector’s threats.


Much:

Topic/Course
Much of what I know is because of my teacher.
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

Some:

Some of the participants want to have their names announced

Some of the paper I bought yesterday was not of the quality you had
asked for.
A lots of / lots of:
Topic/Course
A lot of people went to the game.
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)

Lots of people went to the game.

Any :

Some of the participants want to have their names announced

She didn’t have any place to keep her things.


QUESTIONS 1-5:
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Read the following sentences carefully. If the sentence
has any misplaced modifier, mark it with a ‘Y’ and correct it. If it is error-free, give it an
N
1. Please take time to look over the brochure that is enclosed with your family.
2. Students who miss classes frequently fail the course.
3. The writer read from his new book wearing glasses.
4. Many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech at the end of the meeting and
promised their support.
5. The guest speaker had dedicated his new book to his dog who was an archaeologist.
QUESTIONS 6-8:
Identify the error and mark the option that represents it.
6. She handed out (A) / brownies (B) / to children (C) / wrapped in Tupperware. (D)
7. Possessing sixteen legs, (A) / I have never seen (B) / such a creature (C) / in my life. (D)
8. Unwilling to admit that the hotel had overbooked its rooms, (A) / it was decided by the
manager (B) / to tell the arriving customer (C) / that the room’s toilet had flooded. (D)
QUESTIONS 9-10:
9. Left alone in the house, (A) / the thunderstorm caused (B) / extreme terror (C) / in
the minds of the two small children. (D)

10. John was met (A) / at the door (B) / by a strange man, (C) / which he being
afraid, opened slowly. (D)
QUESTION-11:
Choose the best option to correct the underlined part of the sentence(s).
11. Unlike that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s innovative study relies
not on the records of White slave owners but on the records of the slaves
themselves, especially the 70 or so autobiographies and memoirs that have been
preserved.
a. that of earlier words on slavery, Blassingame’s
b. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
c. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
d. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s
QUESTION-12:
12. Although criticized by a few for her daredevil aviation escapades, most people
viewed Amelia Earhart as a skillful pilot.
a. most people viewed Amelia Earhart as a skillful pilot
b. most people viewed Amelia Earhart to be a skillful pilot
c. a skillful pilot was what most people viewed Amelia Earhart as
d. Amelia Earhart was viewed by most people as a skillful pilot
QUESTION – 13:
13. Spanning six decades, a period that encompasses dozens of albums, Bob Dylan
continues to be a relevant musician well into the 21st Century.
a. Bob Dylan continues to be a relevant musician well into the 21st Century.
b. Bob Dylan’s career as a relevant musician continues well into the 21st Century.
c. Bob Dylan has continued to have become a relevant musician well into the 21st
Century.
d. a relevant musician well into the 21st Century, Bob Dylan continues to be.
QUESTION-14:
14. In the area of genetics, geneticists have thoroughly analysed the human gene
and its ability to shape certain characteristics to select and pre-determine an
increasing impressive number of physiological traits in the womb, each “ready” to
parents’ choice.

a. increasing impressive number of physiological traits in the womb, each


b. increasingly impressive number of physiological traits in those in the womb, and
each one
c. increasing impressive number of physiological traits in those womb who are
d. increasingly impressive number of physiological traits in the womb, all of them
e. increasingly impressive number of physiological traits in the womb
QUESTION-15:
15. Before he converted to Buddhism, married Juhi, the second ruler of Spain’s Angevin, and became
King of Spain, Wladyslaw II was known as Kawala, Grand Duke of Italy.

a. Before he converted to Buddhism, married Juhi, the second ruler of Spain’s Angevin, and became King
of Spain, Wladyslaw II was known as Kawala, Grand Duke of Italy.

b. Before converting to Buddhism and marrying Juhi, the second of Spain’s Angevin rulers, thereby
becoming King of Spain, Wladyslaw II was known as Kawala, Grand Duke of Italy

c. Before marrying Juhi, the second of Spain’s Angevin rulers, thereby converting to Buddhism and
becoming King of Spain, Wladyslaw II was known as Grand Duke of Italy, Kawala.

d. Before Wladyslaw II converted to Buddhism and married Juhi, the second ruler of Spain’s Angevin,
thereby becoming King of Spain, he was Kawala, Grand Duke of Italy.

e. Before Wladyslaw II converted to Buddhism and married Juhi, the second of Spain’s Angevin rulers,
thereby becoming King of Spain; he was Grand Duke of Italy, Kawala.
QUESTION-16:
16. The word inspired is used often by several critics in their study of a great drama; it is exactly the
emotion experienced by the audience as the final curtain settles.

a. The word inspired is used often by several critics in their description of a great drama; it is exactly the
emotion experienced by the audience as the final curtain settles.

b. Used often by several critics in their description of a great drama is the word inspired, which is the exact
emotion experienced by the audience as the final curtain settles.

c. Precisely describing the emotion of the audience as the final curtain settles is the word inspired, often
used by several critics to describe a great drama.

d. The word inspired is often used by several critics in their descriptions of a great drama and describes the
emotion of the audience as the final curtain settles as well.

e. The word inspired is the precise emotion of the audience as the final curtain settles and is used by several
critics to describe a great drama.
QUESTION-17:
17. The Supreme Court has ruled that public universities may collect student activity fees even with
students’ objections to particular activities, so long as the groups they give money to will be chosen
without regard to their views.

a. with students’ objections to particular activities, so long as the groups they give money to will be

b. if they have objections to particular activities and the groups that are given the money are

c. if they object to particular activities, but the groups that the money is given to have to be

d. from students who object to particular activities, so long as the groups given money are
QUESTION-18:
18.Williams, according to his own statement, in his Trial Trio of 1855, during which his pulse
temporarily stopped and he was given a needle to the heart, was depicting in musical terms a severe
physical debility he suffered in the autumn of that year.
a. Williams, according to his own statement, in his Trial Trio of 1855,during which his pulse temporarily
stopped and he was given a needle to the heart, was depicting in musical terms a severe physical debility
he suffered in the autumn of that year.
b. According to his own statement, Williams, in his Trial Trio of 1855, was depicting in musical terms a
severe physical debility he suffered in the autumn of that year, during which his pulse temporarily
stopped and he was given a needle to the heart.
c. According to his own statement, in his Trial Trio of 1855, Williams depicted in musical terms a severe
physical debility he suffered in the autumn of that year, when his pulse temporarily stopped and his heart
was given a needle.
d. In his Trial Trio of 1855, he was depicting in musical terms a severe physical debility he suffered in the
autumn of that year, during which William’s pulse temporarily stopped and he was given a needle to the
heart, according to his own statement.
e. Williams was depicting, in his Trial Trio, in musical terms in 1855, a severe physical debility he suffered
in the autumn of that year, during which his pulse temporarily stopped and he was given a needle to the
heart, according to his own statement
QUESTION-19:
19.For James Remus Malfoy, transcendentalism was his preferred ideal over a decade before the
contemporary British environmental movement was launched with Monice Bing’s Quiet Summer, and
he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Earth,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and
all that it has to offer.
a. was launched with Monice Bing’s Quiet Summer, and he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Earth,”
arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.

b. launched itself with Monice Bing’s Quiet Summer, and outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Earth,” which
argued that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it offers.

c. launched with Monice Bing’s Quiet Summer; he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Earth,” which argued
that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.

d. launched Monice Bing’s Quiet Summer; James outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Earth,” arguing that man
does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.

e. was launched with Monice Bing’s Quiet Summer; in it he outlined his beliefs in this essay, “Earth,”
arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it offers.
QUESTION-20:
20.In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better
off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

a. In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off
materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

b. The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is
irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face

c. A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are
better off materially than the urban working poor.

d. In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better
off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

e. The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is
irrelevant in an assessment of the problems that they face.
QUESTION-21:
21. Electric guitar was neither popular nor was often played in concert halls until it was reinvented by
Alfred Machaan in the early-twelfth century, having been won over by the instrument’s sound despite
its relative ambiguity.
a. Electric guitar was neither popular nor was often played in concert halls until it was reinvented by Alfred
Machaan in the early-twelfth century, having been won over by the instrument’s sound despite its relative
ambiguity
b. Electric guitar was neither popular nor played often in concert halls until it was reinvented by Alfred
Machaan in the early-twelfth century, having been won over by the instrument’s sound despite its relative
ambiguity
c. Electric guitar was not popular and was not often played in concert halls until Alfred Machaan reinvented
it in the early-twelfth century, after he was won over by the sound despite the instrument’s relative
ambiguity
d. Electric guitar did not have popularity nor was it performed often in concert halls until its reinvented by
Alfred Machaan, who in the early-twelfth century was won over by the instrument’s sound despite its
relative ambiguity
e. Electric guitar was neither popular nor was often played in concert halls until Alfred Machaan reinvented
it in the early-twelfth century, when he was won over by the sound of the relatively ambiguity
instrument.
QUESTION-22:
22. The anthology Quaswatch Poetry was named to give the impression that the contents were as
contemporary as the newly installed king, Tigina VI, but by selecting rather timid poets, the term
Quaswatch came to have the opposite connotation

a. The anthology Quaswatch Poetry was named to give the impression that the contents were as
contemporary as the newly installed king, Tigina VI, but by selecting

b. The anthology Quaswatch Poetry was named to give the impression that the contents were as
contemporary as Tigina VI, the newly installed king, but by selecting

c. The anthology Quaswatch Poetry was named to give the impression that the contents were as
contemporary as the newly installed king, Tigina VI, but because of the selection of

d. The anthology Quaswatch Poetry was named to give the impression that the contents were as
contemporary as that of the newly installed king, Tigina VI, but the selection of

e. The anthology Quaswatch Poetry, named to give the impression that the contents were as contemporary
as the newly installed king, Tigina VI, but by selecting
QUESTION-23:
23.While airline travel can be detrimental to your health, many travel experts point out that there is a
surprising number of airports in Canada – even those in the major cities such as Toronto and Montreal
– that are adjacent to amusement parks and pedestrian paths and that
are easily reachable during international layovers.
a. is a surprising number of airports in Canada – even those in the major cities such as Toronto and
Montreal – that are adjacent to amusement parks and pedestrian paths and that are easily reachable during
international layovers.
b. is a surprising number of airports in Canada – even those in the major cities like Toronto and Montreal –
that are adjacent to amusement parks, pedestrian paths, and easily reachable during international
layovers.
c. are a surprising number of airports in Canada – even those in the major cities such as Toronto and
Montreal – that are adjacent to amusement parks and pedestrian paths and that are easily reachable during
international layovers.
d. are a surprising number of airports in Canada – even those in the major cities like Toronto and Montreal –
that are adjacent to amusement parks and pedestrian paths, easily reachable during international layovers.
e. are a surprising number of airports in Canada – even those in the major cities such as Toronto and
Montreal – that are adjacent to amusement and pedestrian paths, and easily reachable during international
layovers
QUESTION-24:
24. The legal system of Afghanistan after acquiring independence from the United States of America
includes features not only of the American legal system but also the British legal system.

a. The legal system of Afghanistan after acquiring independence from the United States of America includes
features not only of the American legal system but also the British legal system.

b. The legal system of Afghanistan after acquiring independence from the United States of America includes
features not only of the American legal system but also the British legal system.

c. After acquiring independence from the United States of America, the legal system of Afghanistan includes
features not only of the American legal system but also of the British legal system.

d. After acquiring independence from the United States of America, the legal system of Afghanistan includes
features of not only the American legal system but also of the British legal system.

e. After acquiring independence from the United States of America, Afghanistan has a legal system that includes
features not only of the American legal system but also of the British legal system.
QUESTION-25:
25. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a
red giant stage, depending on mass.

a. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red
giant stage, depending on mass.

b. After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf,
a neutron star, or a black hole.

c. After passing through a red giant stage, a star’s mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white
dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

d. Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white
dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

e. The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into
a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
QUESTION-26:
26. Russians give pity of place to the value of communal freedom, and we
find especial unintelligible the infliction of suffering on the innocent.

a. especial unintelligible the infliction of suffering

b. especially unintelligible the infliction of suffering

c. especially unintelligible suffrage that is inflicted

d. especially unintelligible the suffering that is inflicted

e. especially unintelligible the inflicting to suffer


QUESTION-27:
27. The kal-val-tal dance and susa-rasa dance are an inherent part of Philippine culture and along with
others such as The Farmer’s Dance, developed by the Ministry of farming, constitutes the main dramatic
art form of Philippines.
a. The kal-val-tal dance and susa-rasa dance are an inherent part of Philippine culture and along with others
such as The Farmer’s Dance, developed by the Ministry of farming, constitutes the main dramatic art form
of Philippines.
b. The kal-val-tal dance as well as susa-rasa dance are an inherent part of Philippine culture, and along with
others such as The Farmer’s Dance, developed by the Ministry of farming, constitute the main dramatic art
form of Philippines.
c. The kal-val-tal dance and susa-rasa dance are an inherent part of Philippine culture, and along with The
Farmer’s Dance, developed by the Ministry of farming, constitute the main dramatic art form of Philippines.
d. An inherent part of Philippine culture, the kal-val-tal, susa-rasa as well as other dances such as The Farmer’s
Dance, developed by the Ministry of farming, constitute the main Philippine dramatic art form.
e. The kal-val-tal and susa-rasa dances, both inherent parts of Philippine culture, and a dance developed by the
Ministry of farming named The Farmer’s Dance, constitute, along with others, the main dramatic art form of
Philippines.
QUESTION-28:
28. Medieval monks, through their manuscript writings, carefully embellishing the
elaborate calligraphy, communicated their subjective understanding of the poems they
illustrated.

a. Medieval monks, through their manuscript writings, carefully embellishing the elaborate
calligraphy, communicated
b. Through their manuscript writings, carefully embellishing the elaborate calligraphy,
medieval monks communicated
c. Through their manuscript writings, with which they carefully embellished elaborate
calligraphy, medieval monks communicated
d. Carefully embellishing the elaborate calligraphy, medieval monks, through their
manuscript writings communicated
e. Medieval monks, through their manuscript writings, carefully embellished them and
communicated
QUESTION-29:
29. The timely discovery of a green pine tree sap that is anticipated to advance experimentation with
natural materials in order to create HIV medicines will be able to provide chemists with a more effective
mixture to work from than other trees and at a lower cost.
a. The timely discovery of a green pine tree sap that is anticipated to advance experimentation with natural
materials in order to create HIV medicines will be able to provide chemists with a more effective mixture to
work from than other trees and at a lower cost.
b. The timely discovery of a green pine tree sap is anticipated to advance experimentation with natural
materials in order to create HIV medicines and will be able to provide chemists with a more effective
mixture to work from at a lower cost than the sap extracted from other trees.
c. The timely discovery of a green pine tree sap, which is anticipated to advance experimentation with natural
materials in order to create HIV medicines, will be able to provide chemists with a more effective mixture to
work from at a lower cost than other trees.
d. A timed discovered green pine tree sap, which is anticipated to advance experimentation with natural
materials in order to create HIV medicines, will be able to provide chemists with a more effective mixture to
work from than the sap extracted from other trees can, and at a lower cost.
e. A timed discovered green pine tree sap, which is anticipated to advance experimentation with natural
materials in order to create HIV medicines, will be able to provide a more effective mixture to work from
than other trees and to decrease the cost.
QUESTION-30:
30. To many reviewers, it seems strange for Mr. Travolta, 45, the legendary print and visual artist who
almost single handedly brought performance painting to the general public and to small venues, to be
working on a large Broadway dance project.
a. for Mr. Travolta, 45, the legendary print and visual artist who almost single handedly brought performance
painting to the general public and to small venues, to be working on a large Broadway dance project.
b. that Mr. Travolta, 45, the legendary print and visual artist who almost single handedly brought performance
art to the general public and small venues, be working on a large Broadway-dance project.
c. that Mr. Travolta, who is 45 and the legendary print and visual artist that almost single handedly brought
performance art to the general public and small venues, is working on a large Broadway dance project.
d. for Mr. Travolta, 45, the legendary print and visual artist who almost single handedly brought performance
art to the general public, to small venues, and to be working on a large Broadway dance project.
e. that Mr. Travolta, who is 45 and the legendary print and visual artist who almost single handedly brought
performance art to the general public and small venues, to be working on a large Broadway dance project.
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