Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Test Your Knowledge

Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

• A. The child playing on the jungle gym with fuzzy orange hair is my nephew.
• B. The child with fuzzy orange hair playing on the jungle gym is my nephew.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

• A. We discovered an Italian bakery that just opened a few miles from our house.
• B. We discovered an Italian bakery a few miles from our house that had just opened.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

• A. I peeled the potatoes before I cooked them with a paring knife.
• B. I peeled the potatoes with a paring knife before I cooked them.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Where should the red modifier be placed?
Mary read that a wasp larva spins a cocoon in the encyclopedia.

• After cocoon
• After spins
• After wasp
• After read

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Where should the red modifier be placed?
 
The hat belongs to that girl with the feathers.

• After to
• After hat
• After that
• After feathers

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Where should the red modifier be placed?
 
She had read that a new restaurant had opened in today's newspaper.

• After had
• After she
• After read
• After opened

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which is the correct way to write the sentence? 

• Take the note which Kim wrote to Mr.Henderson's office.
• Take the note to Mr. Henderson's office, which Kim wrote. 

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which is the correct way to write the sentence? 

• Sam bought a used car from a local dealer with a smoky tailpipe. 
• Sam bought a car with a smoky tailpipe from a local dealer. 

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which is the correct way to write the sentence? 

• In one week, the cat had caught nearly every mouse in the house. 
• In one week, the cat nearly caught every mouse in the house. 

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Select the sentence with the modifier in the best place.

• I watched the children noisily playing tag.
• Noisily I watched the children playing tag.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C