Alice decided to, after a particularly bad week both at work and at home, visit her brother for the weekend.

A pilot experiences a close call when a flock of birds crosses his path. He manages to steer the plane away from the birds at the last second. Choose the sentence that correctly describes the situation.

She loaded the bottles and cans into her husband’s new Porsche 911, which she planned to leave at the recycling centre.

A dangling modifier is a word or clause that appropriately relates to the word it modifies.

Choose the sentences that do NOT contain a misplaced clause.

Choose the option that corrects the following sentence: Having finished applications, the celebration began.

Pick the appropriate location for this modifier: eating banana pancakes.

“Acting simply is not valued by the philistines who grant Academy Awards,” Mimi snorted.

Jack wants to tell Jill that he loves her and no one else. What sentence should Jack use to convey the correct meaning to Jill? Careful attention should be given to the modifier "just."

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a modifier to avoid ambiguity?

We had almost thrown all our snowballs when our fort was charged by two frenzied redheads from the opposing team.

The computer system almost cost $2,000, but Michel had enough money saved from his fire-eating gigs to pay the bill in full.