Interim Grammar Review

Which of the following sentences is the most clear/correct? 

• Filled with creamy caramel, Dane enjoyed the surprisingly filling candy bar.
• Filled with creamy caramel, the candy bar Dane enjoyed was surprisingly filling.

Which of the following sentences is the most clear/correct? 

• Running recklessly through the forest, the tree stump tripped Jay.
• Running recklessly through the forest, Jay tripped over the tree stump.
• Running recklessly through the forest, the stump of the tree tripped Jay.
• Running recklessly through the forest, the tree tripped.

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

Does the following sentence contain a misplaced modifier or a dangling modifier?

I showed my dog to the vet who has fleas.

• Dangling Modifier

• Misplaced Modifier

Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

• The girl in the red dress waved at me.

• The black dog ran across the field.

• The golfer won the trophy in the green golf shoes.

• The telephone rang at 5:00 last night.

Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?

• Listening to the concert, the Ramones were funky.

• The concert was loud and entertaining.

• I enjoyed watching the Ramones put on a funky concert.

• The Ramones are a funky music band.

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

Where should the red modifier be placed?
Joshua and Reginald heard that there was a destructive hailstorm on the news.

• After destructive
• After heard
• After Joshua
• After was

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

• adjective

• verb

• noun

• preposition

Whenever Frankie sees a clown, he immediately starts crying, and he runs home to his mommy.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex