Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Pratice

While juggling along Center Street, an accident occurred.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• The sentence is correctly written.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Taxiing smoothly to a stop, the airplane halted near the terminal.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• The sentence is correctly written.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

We took a ferry on the lake called the River Queen.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Wearing heavy clothing, the hike up the mountain was tiring.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• The sentence is correctly written.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Running down the field, the football slipped away from Mark.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• The sentence is correctly written.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

True or False: A sentence with a misplaced modifier is fixed by adding a noun or pronoun.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

True or False: To fix a misplaced modifier you must move the modifier close to the noun/pronoun that it is describing.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

The sale at Bowen's features shirts for men with minor flaws.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• The sentence is correctly written.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

The child ran into the house crying loudly.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• This sentence is written correctly.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Badly frightened, the puppy cowered under the porch.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• This sentence is correctly written.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C