Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
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7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
A word or phrase that is misplaced and changes the meaning or purpose of the sentence.
Dangling Modifier
Misplaced Modifier
Verbs
Participles
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
A type of modifying phrase that has no clear or logical subject.
Misplaced Modifier
Subordinate Clause
Dangling Modifier
Verbal Phrase
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
Identify the modifying phrase:
Waking in the night, the fire engine could be heard.
Waking in the night
Waking
could be heard
the fire engine
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
Identify the modifying phrase:
Covered in cream sauce, my husband loves chicken alfredo.
my husband loves
Covered in cream sauce
chicken alfredo
cream sauce
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
To fix a misplaced modifier, relocate it as close to the _____ it is supposed to modify.
adjective
preposition
noun
verb
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
What kind of modifier problem does this sentence have?
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
What kind of modifier problem does this sentence have?
At the age of three, my mother sang hymns.
Dangling Modifier
Misplaced Modifier
Correct
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
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