Identify the sentence in which all the verbs are used correctly.
a. I be eating dinner when the telemarketer call.
b. I eat dinner when the telemarketer called.
c. I ate dinner when the telemarketer be calling.
d. I was eating dinner when the telemarketer called.
Ques. 2Though no vote _______ taken, each delegate and alternate _______ there.
a. was/was
b. was/were
c. were/was
d. were/were
Ques. 3Identify the sentence that does not have any modifier errors.
a. Katrina served homemade spaghetti to her parents and grandparents loaded with mushrooms and peppers.
b. Loaded with mushrooms and peppers, Katrina served homemade spaghetti to her parents and grandparents.
c. Katrina, loaded with mushrooms and peppers, served homemade spaghetti to her parents and grandparents.
d. Katrina served spaghetti loaded with mushrooms and peppers to her parents and grandparents.
Ques. 4Identify the sentence that does not have any modifier errors.
a. A lowly high school kid working as a clerk, the library employed many people, almost all of whom were important and more educated than I.
b. Almost all of whom were more important and more educated than I, the library employed many people, a lowly high school kid working as a clerk.
c. The library employed many people, almost all of whom were more important and more educated than I, a lowly high school kid working as a clerk.
d. The library employed many people, all of whom were more important and more educated than I, a lowly high school kid, almost working as a clerk.
Ques. 5Identify the sentence that does not have any modifier errors.
a. Wearing her new white jeans, Carolyn played carefully with the farmer's baby pig.
b. Carolyn played with the farmer's baby pig, carefully wearing her new white jeans.
c. Carolyn played with the farmer's baby pig, who carefully wore her new white jeans.
d. Carolyn, played with the farmer's pig that was wearing her new white jeans.
Ques. 6Identify the sentence that does not have any modifier errors.
a. Dr. Sinclair, who was suffering from severe migraines, recommended that her patient try a new medication.
b. Dr. Sinclair recommended that her patient, who was suffering from severe migraines, try a new medication.
c. Dr. Sinclair recommended that her patient try a new medication, who was suffering from severe migraines.
d. Suffering from severe migraines, Dr. Sinclair recommendedthat her patient try a new medication.
Ques. 7Identify the sentence that does not have any modifier errors.
a. In the restaurant, I ordered salmon covered with a delicious mustard dill sauce overlooking the river.
b. In the restaurant overlooking the river, I ordered salmon covered with a delicious mustard dill sauce.
c. I ordered salmon overlooking the river at a restaurant covered with a delicious mustard dill sauce.
d. In the restaurant, I ordered salmon overlooking the river and covered with a delicious mustard dill sauce.