www.edusaathi.com Modifiers Total Time: 60 mins Practise Exercise no. 1 Total no. Of Qs: 60 Directions for Questions 1 to 90: Choose the
option that is grammatically consistent from the
given alternatives:
b. Sylvia started to type faster on the
computer keyboard to finish by the 3
P.M. deadline.
c. To finish by the 3 P.M. deadline,
Sylvia’s flying fingers sang over the
computer keyboard.
1.
a. Sauced with lumpy gravy, the
waitress served Gilbert a plate of
gray meatloaf.
b. The waitress served Gilbert a plate,
sauced in lumpy gravy of gray
meatloaf.
c. The waitress served Gilbert a plate
of gray meatloaf sauced in lumpy
gravy.
5.
a. Sheila watched Desmond stuff his
mouth, frosted with vanilla icing, a
cupcake.
b. Sheila saw a cupcake stuffed in
Desmond’s mouth, frosted with
vanilla icing.
c. Sheila watched Desmond stuff his
mouth with a cupcake frosted with
vanilla icing.
2.
a. Emma Sue was delighted when Mr.
Nguyen returned her perfect calculus
test with an ear-to-ear grin.
b. Emma Sue was delighted when Mr.
Nguyen, with an ear-to-ear grin,
returned her perfect calculus test.
c. Emma Sue was delighted to get the
perfect calculus test with an ear-toear grin from Mr. Nguyen.
6.
a. Perched on the curtain rod, the
parakeet watched Rocky the cat slink
behind the living room sofa.
b. The parakeet saw Rocky the cat slink
behind the living room sofa, perched
on the curtain rod.
c. Perched on the curtain rod, Rocky
the cat was seen slink behind the
living room sofa, was seen by the
parakeet.
3.
a. As Sheena scrubbed the tile grout
with bleach and an old toothbrush,
the mildew stains began to fade.
b. The old toothbrush began to fade the
mildew stains as the tile grout was
scrubbed with bleach.
c. Scrubbing the tile grout with bleach
and an old toothbrush, the mildew
stains began to fade.
4.
a. To finish by the 3 p.m. deadline, the
computer keyboard sang with
Sylvia's flying fingers.
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a. Groaning on rusty springs, the
trampoline tossed the children like
clothes in a dryer.
b. The trampoline tossed the children,
groaning on the rusty springs just
like clothes are tossed in a dryer.
c. The trampoline tossed the children
like clothes in a dryer groaning on
rusty springs.
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a. Rapping the pencil on the edge of
a. After the rainstorm, Jeremy walked
the desk, the fourth cause of the
on the sidewalk, with his dachshund,
French Revolution would not come
covered with wet leaves.
to mind.
b. After the rainstorm, Jeremy and his
b. The forth cause of French
dachshund walked on wet leaves
Revolution will not come to your
over the sidewalk.
mind, even if you rap the pencil on
c. After the rainstorm, Jeremy walked
the edge of the desk.
his dachshund on a sidewalk covered
c. French Revolution’s forth cause will
in wet leaves.
not come to your mind by rapping
the pencil on the edge of the desk.
13.
a. Lying under the dining room table,
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the poodle waited for bites of roast
a. The calorie count skyrocketed, as
beef that Rosie sneaked off her plate.
Tanya slathered the popcorn with
b. Lying under the dining room table,
melted butter.
the poodle waited for Rosie to sneak
b. Slathering the popcorn with melted
off her plate some bites of roast beef.
butter, the calorie count skyrocketed.
c. The poodle waited for the bites to
c. Popcorn skyrocketed the calorie
sneak off Rosie’s plate lying under
count, slathered with melted butter.
the dining room table.
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14.
a. Charlotte sent an email to her
boyfriend Byron, in which she
attached her photographic selfportrait with eerie red eyes.
b. Charlotte sent her boyfriend Byron
another photographic self-portrait
with eerie red eyes attached to the
email.
c. Attached to the email, Charlotte sent
her boyfriend Byron another
photographic self-portrait with eerie
red eyes.
11.
a. Hungry for dinner, the surface is
where Gret the goldfish waited in
anticipation of food flakes.
b. Hungry for the dinner, Gret the
goldfish waited at the surface in
anticipation of food flakes.
c. Gret the goldfish waited for the food
flakes at the surface in anticipation.
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high heels and taking her boisterous
bulldog Billy for a walk.
b. Tonya made the mistake of walking
her boisterous bulldog Billy in high
heels.
c. Tonya made her boisterous bulldog
Billy walk wearing high heels and it
was a mistake.
15.
a. Too hungry to wait for Brenda's
return from the restroom, the bowl of
egg drop soup quickly disappeared.
b. Too hungry to wait for Brenda to
return from the restroom, Sonya
drank the bowl of egg drop soup,
such as it disappeared quickly.
c. Too hungry to wait for Brenda to
return from the restroom, Sonya
disappeared the bowl of egg drop
soup quickly.
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a. Drooling in anticipation of treat,
a. Sipping slowly at the diner counter,
Gizmo the dog waited for Sylvia to
the hot soup was enjoyed by
give him a treat
Timothy.
b. Drooling in anticipation of treat,
b. Sipping slowly, the diner counter
Sylvia gave Gizmo a dog biscuit.
was where Timothy enjoyed the hot
c. Drooling in anticipation, a dog
soup.
biscuit was given to Gizmo as treat
c. Sipping slowly, Timothy enjoyed the
by Sylvia.
hot soup at the diner counter.
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a. Digging fingernails into his palms,
Jerry's speech caused sweatiness and
nervousness.
b. Digging fingernails into his palms,
sweatiness and nervousness about
the speech were what Jerry
experienced.
c. Digging fingernails into his palms,
Jerry got sweaty and nervous during
the speech.
a. Tucked into a secret purse pocket,
Larissa used her last five-dollar bill
to buy a slice of pepperoni pizza and
large iced tea.
b. To buy a slice of pepperoni pizza
and large iced tea, Larissa used her
last five-dollar bill, which was
tucked into a secret purse pocket.
c. Tucked into a secret purse pocket, a
slice of pepperoni pizza and large
iced tea were purchased with
Larissa's last five-dollar bill.
18.
a. Gasping after the five-mile run in the
summer sun, the bottle of cool water
quenched Donovan's thirst.
b. Gasping after the five-mile run in the
summer sun, Donovan quenched his
thirst with a bottle of cool water.
c. Gasping after the five-mile run in the
summer sun, Donovan's thirst was
quenched with a bottle of cool water.
22.
a. Eric broke the lamp while he was
bouncing on the bed.
b. Bouncing on the bed, the lamp was
broken by Eric.
c. Breaking the lamp, Eric's bed should
not have been bounced on.
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19.
a. Seated around the dining room table,
the Thanksgiving turkey made
everyone's mouth water.
b. Seated around the dining room table,
everyone salivated at the sight of the
Thanksgiving turkey.
c. Seated around the dining room table,
the sight of the Thanksgiving turkey
made everyone salivate.
a. The repairman fixed the kitchen
faucet, which leaked in a wasteful
manner.
b. Leaking in a wasteful manner, we
called a repairman to fix the kitchen
faucet.
c. Leaking wastefully, the repairman
arrived to fix the kitchen faucet.
24.
a. Whining in a pitiful manner, Rodney
waited for a commercial break to let
the dog in from the rain.
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b. Peeling the banana, Jackie's hunger
let the dog in from the rain, which
was satisfied with this snack.
was whining in a pitiful manner.
c. Peeling the banana, Jackie satisfied
c. During a commercial break, Rodney
her hunger with this snack.
let in the dog, which had been
whining pitifully out in the rain.
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a. Joshua used his strong hands to
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massage Kara's shoulders, which
a. Abdullah gasped as the badly
were tight with stress.
wrapped burrito squirted its contents
b. Joshua used his strong hands, which
onto his shirt, which was spicy hot
were tight with stress, to massage
and full of lettuce.
Kara's shoulders.
b. The badly wrapped burrito squirted
c. Tight with stress, Joshua used his
its contents onto Abdullah's shirt,
strong hands to massage Kara's
which was spicy hot and full of
shoulders.
lettuce.
c. The badly wrapped burrito, which
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was spicy hot and full of lettuce,
a. Dotted with clouds, Grandma Ruth
squirted its contents onto Abdullah's
watched the birthday balloons escape
shirt.
her fingers and float into the sky.
b. Floating into the sky dotted with
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clouds, Grandma Ruth watched the
a. Sneezing and coughing, Emily soon
birthday balloons escape her fingers.
covered the computer keyboard with
c. Grandma Ruth watched the birthday
germs.
balloons escape her fingers and float
b. Sneezing
and
coughing,
the
into a sky dotted with clouds.
computer keyboard was soon
covered with germs from Emily.
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c. Sneezing and coughing, Emily's
a. A dangerous stunt, Franklin flew
germs soon covered the computer
over the steep staircase, his
keyboard.
skateboard landing with a loud
clack-clack on the concrete below.
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b. On a skateboard, Franklin flew over
a. When Kareem walked into the tree,
the steep staircase and landed with a
he ripped his shirt and banged his
loud clack-clack on the concrete
forehead, which was old and holey.
below. His dangerous stunt amazed
b. When Kareem walked into the tree,
the onlookers.
he ripped his old, holey shirt and
c. Landing with a loud clack-clack on
banged his forehead.
the concrete below, the staircase was
c. Walking into the tree, Kareem's old,
jumped by Franklin on a skateboard,
holey shirt was ripped, and his
which was a dangerous stunt.
forehead got banged.
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a. Swinging at the tennis ball, contact
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with the racket sent a stab of pain
a. Peeling the banana, this snack
through Paul's elbow.
satisfied Jackie's hunger.
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hurricane preparation was finally
a stab of pain in his elbow as the
complete.
racket made contact.
c. Filling the shopping cart with D
c. Swinging at the tennis ball, pain shot
batteries and bottled water, the
through Paul's elbow as the racket
completion
of
our
hurricane
made contact.
preparation soothed our anxiety.
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37.
a. Madeline admired her nails, which
were painted pink with gold
sparkles.
b. Painted pink with gold sparkles,
Madeline admired her nails.
c. The nails were admired by Madeline
painted pink with gold sparkles.
a. Michael rode his bike to the beach,
which was squeaky with rust.
b. Squeaky with rust, Michael rode his
bike to the beach.
c. Michael rode his squeaky, rusty bike
to the beach.
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34.
a. Poking his head through the
unzipped top, Freddy the Chihuahua
rode inside Jodi’s book bag.
b. Poking his head through the
unzipped top, Jodi’s book bag was
Freddy the Chihuahua’s taxi.
c. Poking his head through the
unzipped top, store after store was
visited by Freddy the Chihuahua as
he rode in Jodi’s book bag.
a. After the librarian scolded the noisy
teenagers, silence returned.
b. Scolding the noisy teenagers, the
library returned to silence.
c. Scolding the noisy teenagers, silence
returned to the library.
39.
a. Knocking the baseball into the
stands, the fans cheered the
homerun.
b. Knocking the baseball into the
stands, the homerun was cheered by
the fans.
c. When Wesley knocked the baseball
into the stands, the fans cheered the
homerun.
35.
a. Spewing from the open oven door,
the kitchen filled with the thick
smoke of LaTonya’s burnt cookies.
b. Spewing from the open oven door,
LaTonya filled the kitchen with the
thick smoke of burnt cookies.
c. Spewing from the open oven door,
the thick smoke of burnt cookies
filled LaTonya’s kitchen.
36.
a. Filling the shopping cart with D
batteries and bottled water, we
finally completed our hurricane
preparation.
b. Filling the shopping cart with D
batteries and bottled water, our
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a. Brushing her long hair, strands fell
into the sink where they got washed
down the drain and clogged the
pipes.
b. Because Claudine brushed her long
hair over the sink, strands got
washed down the drain and clogged
the pipes.
c. Falling into the sink, Claudine
brushed her long hair, which got
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heavy furniture to his new
the pipes.
apartment.
c. Collapsed on the couch, the hard day
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of moving heavy furniture to his new
a. Wiping
fingerprints
off
his
apartment was soon forgotten as
eyeglasses with a paper towel, the
Nick relaxed.
book pages were finally readable.
b. Wiping
fingerprints
off
his
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eyeglasses with a paper towel,
a. For the party, Samantha made pizza
Kareem could finally read the book
gooey with extra cheese.
pages.
b. Gooey with extra cheese, Samantha
c. Wiping
fingerprints
off
the
made pizza for the party.
eyeglasses with a paper towel, the
c. Samantha made pizza for the party,
wisdom on book pages finally
which was gooey with extra cheese.
revealed itself to Kareem.
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a. Hissing with bursts of hot steam,
a. Watching the second hand sweep the
LeAnn pressed the pants with an
clock, the end of the boring lecture
iron.
on the French Revolution seemed as
b. LeAnn pressed the pants with an iron
if it would never arrive.
hissing with bursts of hot steam.
b. Watching the second hand sweep the
c. With an iron, LeAnn pressed the
clock, Dr. Grayson's boring lecture
pants which hissed with bursts of hot
on the French Revolution seemed as
steam.
if it would never end.
c. Watching the second hand sweep the
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clock, Adriana wondered if Dr.
a. Francis ate his burger alone at the
Grayson's boring lecture on the
cafeteria table, which he ordered
French Revolution would never end.
with no onions and extra pickle.
b. Alone at the cafeteria table, Francis
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ate his burger, which he ordered with
a. Walking in the hot summer sun,
no onions and extra pickle.
sweat dripped from Kenny's face.
c. Alone at the cafeteria table, Francis's
b. Walking in the hot summer sun,
burger, which was ordered with no
Kenny's face dripped sweat.
onions and extra pickle, was
c. While Kenny walked in the hot
consumed.
summer sun, his face dripped sweat.
44.
48.
a. Collapsed on the couch, Nick's
relaxation was well earned after the
hard day of moving heavy furniture
to his new apartment.
b. Collapsed on the couch, Nick
relaxed after the hard day of moving
[email protected] a. Leaping out of the water onto the
safe pier, the sight of a shark scared
poor Donny.
b. The shark scared poor Donny, who
leaped out of the water onto the safe
pier.
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seemed a safe place to Donny, who
a. Agitating the clothes in the sudsy
had spied a shark.
water, the gravy stain on the shirt
disappeared in the wash.
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b. Agitating the clothes in the sudsy
a. Squirting ketchup on the hot French
water, the washing machine got the
fries, Gloria's shirt was stained red in
gravy stain out of the shirt.
a tomato sauce explosion.
c. Agitating the clothes in the sudsy
b. Squirting ketchup on the hot French
water, the shirt lost the gravy stain in
fries, a tomato sauce explosion
the wash.
stained Gloria's shirt red.
c. As Gloria was squirting ketchup on
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the hot French fries, she stained her
a. Mopping up the muddy paw prints,
shirt red in a tomato sauce explosion.
the kitchen tile gleamed in the
afternoon light.
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b. Mopping up the muddy paw prints,
a. Swerving to miss a squirrel in the
the afternoon light made Sarah's
street, Harold's car hit a fire hydrant,
kitchen tile gleam.
which crumpled his hood.
c. Mopping up the muddy paw prints,
b. Swerving his car to miss a squirrel in
Sarah made the kitchen tile gleam in
the street, Harold hit a fire hydrant,
the afternoon light.
which crumpled his hood.
c. Swerving to miss a squirrel in the
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street, a fire hydrant crumpled the
a. Sipping the glass of iced tea, the
hood of Harold's car.
liquid soothed Marilyn's parched
throat.
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b. Sipping the glass of iced tea,
a. Zipping his book bag closed, Pedro
Marilyn soothed her parched throat.
crossed his arms and closed his eyes,
c. Sipping the glass of iced tea,
even though his math professor
Marilyn's parched throat was
continued solving problems at the
soothed by the cool liquid.
board.
b. Zipping his book bag closed, Pedro's
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arms folded and his eyes closed,
a. Folding the pile of T-shirts into
even though his math professor
perfect squares, Cory's laundry
continued solving problems at the
chores got completed.
board.
b. Folding the pile of T-shirts into
c. Crossing his arms and closing his
perfect squares, this week's laundry
eyes, Pedro's book bag was zipped
smelled clean and fresh.
close, even though his math
c. Folding the pile of T-shirts into
professor
continued
solving
perfect squares, Cory finished his
problems at the board.
laundry chores.
56.
a. Racing across the parking lot, the
bus reached before the door closed.
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closed racing across the parking lot.
c. The bus raced across, to reach before
the door closed, in the parking lot.
57.
a. Being only five, the doctor did not
know how to operate on me.
b. Being five, the doctor could not
operate on me due to dearth of
knowledge.
c. The doctor did not know how to
operate on me, being just five.
58.
a. Mary nearly watched two hundred
movies last year.
b. Mary watched nearly two hundred
movies last year.
c. Two hundred movies were what
Mary nearly saw last year.
59.
a. You must send an entry form as a
slogan to enter the contest.
b. Send the slogan to the contest with
the entry form.
c. To enter the contest, you must send
an entry form with your slogan.
60.
a. I remember seeing on the morning
news, a picture of the firefighter who
was injured in the accident.
b. I remember the news of the injury of
firefighter with the picture in the
morning.
c. I remember seeing the picture of the
firefighter who had been injured on
the morning news
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