Modifiers & Placement MCQs – Sentence Structuring (English)

1. Identify the correctly placed modifier in the sentence:
(A) She quickly finished her homework.
(B) She finished quickly her homework.
(C) Quickly she her homework finished.
(D) Her homework quickly she finished.

2. Choose the sentence with correct adjective placement:
(A) I saw a red beautiful car.
(B) I saw a beautiful red car.
(C) I saw beautiful a red car.
(D) I saw car beautiful red a.

3. Select the correct placement of the adverb:
(A) He speaks clearly English.
(B) He clearly speaks English.
(C) Clearly he speaks English.
(D) English he speaks clearly.

4. Identify the properly modified sentence:
(A) She wore a dress very beautiful.
(B) She wore a very beautiful dress.
(C) Very beautiful she wore a dress.
(D) She very wore beautiful a dress.

5. Choose the correct placement of the adverb:
(A) I have never seen such a movie before.
(B) I never have seen such a movie before.
(C) I have seen never such a movie before.
(D) Never I have seen such a movie before.

6. Select the correct sentence with properly placed modifier:
(A) The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
(B) Loudly the dog barked at the stranger.
(C) The dog loudly barked at the stranger.
(D) At the stranger the dog barked loudly.

7. Identify correct adjective placement:
(A) She has a new red car.
(B) She has a red new car.
(C) She has new a red car.
(D) She has car a new red.

8. Choose the correctly modified sentence:
(A) He slowly walked across the road.
(B) Slowly he walked across the road.
(C) He walked slowly across the road.
(D) Across the road he slowly walked.

9. Identify proper modifier placement:
(A) Only John can answer this question.
(B) John only can answer this question.
(C) John can only answer this question.
(D) Can John only answer this question.

10. Choose correct placement of the adverb:
(A) She has always loved chocolate.
(B) She always has loved chocolate.
(C) She has loved always chocolate.
(D) Always she has loved chocolate.

11. Select the correct sentence:
(A) I almost have finished my work.
(B) I have almost finished my work.
(C) Almost I have finished my work.
(D) I have finished almost my work.

12. Correct placement of adjective:
(A) It’s a small old house.
(B) It’s an old small house.
(C) It’s a old small house.
(D) It’s small an old house.

13. Identify proper adverb placement:
(A) She sang beautifully the song.
(B) She beautifully sang the song.
(C) Beautifully she sang the song.
(D) She sang the song beautifully.

14. Choose the correct sentence:
(A) I met a man very tall.
(B) I met a very tall man.
(C) I met very a tall man.
(D) Very tall I met a man.

15. Correct placement of modifier:
(A) He hardly ever goes to school.
(B) He goes hardly ever to school.
(C) Hardly he ever goes to school.
(D) He ever hardly goes to school.

16. Select properly placed adjective:
(A) They live in a new big house.
(B) They live in a big new house.
(C) They live in big a new house.
(D) They live in a house big new.

17. Identify correct adverb placement:
(A) I have carefully read the report.
(B) I carefully have read the report.
(C) Carefully I have read the report.
(D) The report I have read carefully.

18. Correctly placed modifier:
(A) She wore an elegant red dress.
(B) She wore a red elegant dress.
(C) She wore elegant a red dress.
(D) She wore dress red elegant.

19. Proper placement of adverb:
(A) He almost always arrives late.
(B) He always almost arrives late.
(C) Almost he always arrives late.
(D) He arrives almost always late.

20. Choose correct adjective order:
(A) It’s a leather brown bag.
(B) It’s a brown leather bag.
(C) It’s a brown bag leather.
(D) It’s leather a brown bag.

21. Identify correct placement of adverb:
(A) I only spoke to him once.
(B) Only I spoke to him once.
(C) I spoke only to him once.
(D) I spoke to only him once.

22. Properly placed modifier:
(A) They watched an old interesting movie.
(B) They watched an interesting old movie.
(C) They watched old an interesting movie.
(D) They watched movie old an interesting.

23. Correct adverb placement:
(A) She has completely finished her homework.
(B) She completely has finished her homework.
(C) Completely she has finished her homework.
(D) She has finished completely her homework.

24. Choose correct sentence:
(A) I rarely go to the cinema.
(B) I go rarely to the cinema.
(C) Rarely I go to the cinema.
(D) I go to the cinema rarely.

25. Proper placement of adjectives:
(A) He bought a cotton white shirt.
(B) He bought a white cotton shirt.
(C) He bought white a cotton shirt.
(D) He bought a shirt white cotton.

26. Correct adverb placement:
(A) She often goes to the park.
(B) She goes often to the park.
(C) Often she goes to the park.
(D) She goes to the park often.

27. Correctly placed adjective:
(A) It’s a delicious Italian pizza.
(B) It’s an Italian delicious pizza.
(C) It’s a Italian delicious pizza.
(D) It’s delicious a Italian pizza.

28. Proper adverb placement:
(A) He speaks English fluently.
(B) Fluently he speaks English.
(C) He fluently speaks English.
(D) English he speaks fluently.

29. Correct sentence:
(A) She has a big beautiful house.
(B) She has a beautiful big house.
(C) She has big a beautiful house.
(D) She has a house big beautiful.

30. Properly placed adverb:
(A) I have already finished the assignment.
(B) I already have finished the assignment.
(C) Already I have finished the assignment.
(D) I have finished already the assignment.