| Coverage : The GED Practice Test - Language Arts Writing - Misplaced Modifier has been designed to test the important aspects of Language Arts Writing. This test covers one of the errors while framing a correct sentence, mainly a Misplaced Modifier. |
| 1. | Sam barely pushed that stone one inch. |
| a. | | Sam pushed that stone barely one inch |
| b. | | Sam barely that stone pushed one inch |
| c. | | No Error
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| 2. | A girl appeared in my dreams that sang like a nightingale. |
| a. | | No Error |
| b. | | Appeared in my dreams the girl sang like a nightingale |
| c. | | A girl that sang like a nightingale appeared in my dreams
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| 3. | The dog bit only the milkman. |
| a. | | The dog bit the milkman only |
| b. | | Only the milkman, the dog bit |
| c. | | No Error
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| 4. | I like to listen to pop music while I do my homework |
| a. | | Pop music I like to listen to while I do my homework |
| b. | | While I do my homework listen to pop music I like to |
| c. | | No Error
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| 5. | The baseball team won only one game in the last three years. |
| a. | | The baseball team in the last three years won only one game |
| b. | | Won only one game the baseball team in the last three years |
| c. | | No Error
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| 6. | Sam after failing to reach the wall hanging decided to get a ladder. |
| a. | | Sam decided after failing to reach the wall hanging to get a ladder |
| b. | | After failing to reach the wall hanging Sam decided to get a ladder. |
| c. | | No Error
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| 7. | Young boys and girls should try to if possible avoid going out alone after sunset. |
| a. | | No Error |
| b. | | Avoid young boys and girls if possible going out alone after sunset |
| c. | | If possible young boys and girls should try to avoid going out alone after sunset.
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| 8. | How much you can spend in the election depends upon your success. |
| a. | | Your success in the election depends upon how much you can spend. |
| b. | | In the election your success depends upon how much you can spend |
| c. | | No Error
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| 9. | If Sam, Principal wants to know for certain, threw the first stone. |
| a. | | Sam, threw the first stone, Principal for certain wants to know |
| b. | | The Principal wants to know for certain if Sam threw the first stone |
| c. | | No Error
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| 10. | The thief was described as a tall man with a black moustache weighing 100 pounds. |
| a. | | The thief was described as a six-foot tall man weighing 100 pounds with a black moustache |
| b. | | The thief weighing 100 pounds with a black moustache was described as a six-foot tall man |
| c. | | No Error
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| 11. | The young Prince loved deer hunting. |
| a. | | Deer hunting, the young Prince loved |
| b. | | The prince young loved deer hunting |
| c. | | No Error
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| 12. | To what your father says, you must listen to. |
| a. | | Listen must you to what your father says |
| b. | | You must listen to what your father says |
| c. | | No Error
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| 13. | The Prince laughed when he saw a boy riding a pig. |
| a. | | When he saw a boy riding a pig, the Prince laughed |
| b. | | The prince saw a boy riding a pig laughed |
| c. | | No Error
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| 14. | The famous Buddhist scholar taught a coarse last year in spiritualism at Princeton University. |
| a. | | Last year the famous Buddhist scholar taught a course in spiritualism at Princeton University |
| b. | | Last year at Princeton University the famous Buddhist scholar taught a course in spiritualism |
| c. | | No Error
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| 15. | The smoking abstinence program will reduce the rate of lung cancer which will benefit everyone. |
| a. | | Which will benefit everyone, the smoking abstinence program, will reduce the rate of lung cancer |
| b. | | The smoking abstinence program, which will benefit everyone, will reduce the rate of lung cancer |
| c. | | No Error
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