Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

It is a word or phrase that, due to its placement, mistakenly refers to the wrong word.

• Dangling Modifier

• Participles

• Misplaced Modifier

• Verbals

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

It is usually a phrase, frequently found at the beginning of a sentence, which refers to a word that is not actually stated in the sentence at all.

• Misplaced Adjectives

• Dangling Modifier

• Dependent Clause

• Misplaced Modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the dangling modifier:

Waking in the night, the fire engine could be heard.

• Waking

• Waking in the night

• the fire engine

• could be heard

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the misplaced modifier:

Covered with cream sauce, my husband loves spinach soufflé.

• Covered with cream sauce

• my husband

• spinach soufflé

• my husband loves spinach soufflé

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

To fix a misplaced modifier, relocate it next to the _____ it is supposed to modify.

• adjective

• verb

• noun

• preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

The car on the bridge which is green is mine.

• Dangling Modifier

• Misplaced Modifier

• Correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

At the age of six, my mother sang hymns to me.

• Dangling Modifier

• Misplaced Modifier

• Correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

We were told the concert would begin at midnight.

• Dangling Modifier

• Misplaced Modifier

• Correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the misplaced modifier:

The young lady was walking the dog on the telephone.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the dangling modifier:

Expecting rain, the umbrella was propped up against the wall.

Tip: Use "Nancy" as the subject.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C