Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

9th Grade

20 Qs

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Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.11-12.3A, L.9-10.1, L.2.1E

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 2 pts

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Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:

John ate a walnut with his squirrel, tired after a long day of school.

John was tired after a long day of school and he ate a walnut with his squirrel.

Tired after a long day of school, John's squirrel ate a walnut.

After a long day of school, his squirrel and John ate a walnut.

John, tired after a long day of school, ate a walnut with his squirrel.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

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Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:

Jordan summarized the events of the new Spiderman movie, which he loved.

Jordan summarized the events of the new Spiderman movie; which he loved.

The new Spiderman movie had cool events which he loved; Jordan summarized it.

Jordan, who loved the new Spiderman movie, summarized its events.

He summarized the events of the new Spiderman movie, Jordan did and he loved it.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

3.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

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Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:

Daniel nearly spent three hours getting to the next level of Zelda.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

4.

REORDER QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

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Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!

before it was due

Listening to Drake,

the next day.

Elena worked on

her grammar worksheet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

5.

REORDER QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

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Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!

Halloween

The best holiday

favorite holiday.

for eating lots of candy and watching scary movies,

is Nadia's

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

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What is the word being modified in this sentence?

Ethan, who doesn't like reading, did enjoy the Percy Jackson books.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

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What is the word being modified in this sentence?

Liam watched the show with an interested expression.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

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