Awkward!  Fixing Modifiers and Sentences.

Awkward! Fixing Modifiers and Sentences.

5th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Awkward!  Fixing Modifiers and Sentences.

Awkward! Fixing Modifiers and Sentences.

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Quiz

English

5th - 8th Grade

Medium

Created by

Janine Snyder

Used 217+ times

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the best way to rewrite this sentence?
She wore a sweater to school that was blue.
She wore a blue sweater to school.
A blue sweater, she wore to school.
She wore a sweater to school that was blue.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Which sentence best matches the picture?
Walking through town, a fire alarm could be heard blaring for several blocks.
As we walked through town, we could heard a fire alarm blaring.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence?

The first music called blues began in the Deep South more than one hundred years ago.
Deep
first
called blues

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
We will visit the most well known historical monument tomorrow in the world.
Hoping to please our English teacher, we were careful with our words.
At nine years old, my mother told me never to eat with my mouth full.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Does this sentence have a misplaced modifier?
At the museum, I saw a painting of flowers with my mother.
Yes
No

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these sentences is unclear?
While I was walking on the street, I saw a lost dog.
I often wish I were in a better position to help those in need.
Tired and hungry, the girl fed the baby.
If the weather gets much colder, I will have to find my winter coat.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How should this sentence be rewritten to avoid an ambiguous reference?
Falling into decay, we discovered an old deserted mining town.
We discovered an old deserted mining town falling into decay.
We falling into decay saw an old mining town.
Falling into decay, we discovered a mining town, old and deserted.

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