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🎯 Question: Identify the error.

A. They slowly walked towards the exit.
B. They walked slowly towards the exit.
C. Slowly, they walked towards the exit.
D. They walked towards slowly the exit. ✓
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Jun 25, 2026

🎯 Question: Spot the error.

A. We are definitely going to the seminar.
B. We definitely are going to the seminar. ✓
C. Definitely, we are going to the seminar.
D. We are going to the seminar definitely.
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Jun 25, 2026

🎯 Question: Which sentence has a misplaced modifier?

A. I bought a book from the new store about medicine. ✓
B. I bought a book about medicine from the new store.
C. From the new store, I bought a book about medicine.
D. The book I bought from the new store is about medicine.
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🎯 Question: Find the error.

A. He just has been promoted. ✓
B. He has just been promoted.
C. Just now, he has been promoted.
D. His promotion has just been announced.
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🎯 Question: Identify the awkward sentence.

A. The lecture was rather long and boring.
B. The lecture was long rather and boring. ✓
C. Rather, the lecture was long and boring.
D. The lecture, rather, was long and boring.
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🎯 Question: Which sentence is incorrect?

A. He always can be relied upon. ✓
B. He can always be relied upon.
C. Always, he can be relied upon.
D. You can always rely upon him.
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🎯 Question: Find the error in adverb placement.

A. The team played badly and lost the match.
B. The team badly played and lost the match. ✓
C. The team played and lost the match badly.
D. Badly, the team played and lost the match.
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🎯 Question: Which sentence has a misplaced adverb?

A. He nearly answered every question correctly.
B. He answered nearly every question correctly.
C. He answered every question nearly correctly.
D. Both A and C are awkward compared to B. ✓
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🎯 Question: Identify the grammatically flawed sentence.

A. She seldom is late for class. ✓
B. She is seldom late for class.
C. Seldom is she late for class.
D. She is late for class seldom.
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🎯 Question: Which sentence is poorly constructed?

A. The professor explained the process clearly to the students.
B. The professor clearly explained the process to the students.
C. The professor explained clearly the process to the students. ✓
D. Clearly, the professor explained the process to the students.
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🎯 Question: Spot the error.

A. I only have five minutes to talk.
B. I have only five minutes to talk.
C. I have five only minutes to talk. ✓
D. I have five minutes only to talk.
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🎯 Question: Find the sentence with the incorrect structure.

A. I barely have any money left.
B. I have barely any money left.
C. Barely I have any money left.
D. I have any money left barely. ✓
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🎯 Question: Which sentence has a logical error because of placement?

A. The man was running from the police in a blue tracksuit.
B. The man in a blue tracksuit was running from the police.
C. In a blue tracksuit, the man was running from the police.
D. All are technically correct but A is most ambiguous. ✓
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🎯 Question: Identify the incorrect sentence.

A. He carefully drives his new car.
B. He drives carefully his new car. ✓
C. He drives his new car carefully.
D. Carefully, he drives his new car.
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🎯 Question: Which sentence contains a “squinting modifier” (an ambiguously placed adverb)?

A. Students who study frequently improve their grades. ✓
B. Frequently, students who study improve their grades.
C. Students who frequently study improve their grades.
D. Students improve their grades by studying frequently.
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🎯 Question: Find the sentence with an error.

A. She has almost finished all her assignments.
B. She almost has finished all her assignments. ✓
C. She has finished almost all her assignments.
D. Almost all her assignments are finished.
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🎯 Question: Which sentence is awkward due to adverb placement?

A. We ate the lunch that she had prepared quickly.
B. We quickly ate the lunch that she had prepared.
C. We ate the lunch quickly that she had prepared. ✓
D. The lunch that she had prepared was eaten by us quickly.
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🎯 Question: Identify the sentence with a misplaced adverb.

A. He promised to never lie to her again.
B. He promised never to lie to her again.
C. He made a promise to never lie to her again.
D. Both A and C contain a split infinitive, but B is most preferred. ✓
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🎯 Question: Which sentence has incorrect adverb placement?

A. He often goes to the gym.
B. Often, he goes to the gym.
C. He goes often to the gym.
D. He goes to often the gym. ✓
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