Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

Which of the following sentences has a dangling modifier?

• By having a friend carefully review your essay, you will keep grammatical errors to a minimum.
• By having a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum.
• When you have a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum.
• Having a friend carefully review your essay will keep grammatical errors to a minimum.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• There are three main steps to follow to get rid of pesky ants.
• To get rid of pesky ants, you need to follow three main steps.
• Three main steps need to be followed to get rid of pesky ants.
• To get rid of pesky ants, there are three main steps to follow.

When Barbra came home from the mall, she gave a bag to her little sister that was filled with books.
Which of these is the clearest and most effective way to revise the sentence above?

• Barbra gave a bag that was filled with books to her little sister when she came home from the mall.
• When Barbra came home from the mall that was filled with books, she gave a bag to her little sister.
• When Barbra came home from the mall, she gave a bag that was filled with books to her little sister.
• Barbra gave a bag to her little sister that was filled with books when she came home from the mall.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• The department store is looking for someone with experience to sell clothes.
• The department store is looking for someone to sell clothes with experience.
• Looking for someone, the department store with experience is to sell clothes.
• Looking for someone, the department store is with experience to sell clothes.

Never cleaning his room, it got messier each day.
Which of these is the best way to revise the above sentence to make it clear and effective?

• After never cleaning it, Jerry's room got messier each day.
• Never being cleaned, Jerry could not find things in his room.
• Jerry's room got messier each day never cleaning it.
• Because Jerry never cleaned his room, it got messier each day.

Sleeping, the heavy rainstorm passing through was not heard.
Which of the following is a dangling modifier in the sentence above?

• heavy
• Sleeping
• not heard
• passing through

I am selling an antique dresser for my grandmother that is in perfect condition.
Which of the following is a misplaced modifier in the sentence above?

• perfect
• antique
• that is in perfect condition
• selling an antique dresser

Alyssa looked forward to a relaxing weekend spent with her family having just finished a tough book report.
Which is the correct way to write the sentence?

• Spent with her family, Alyssa looked forward to a relaxing weekend having just finished a tough book report.
• Alyssa looked forward to a relaxing weekend spent having just finished a tough book report with her family.
• A relaxing weekend spent with her family, Alyssa looked forward to having just finished a tough book report.
• Having just finished a tough book report, Alyssa looked forward to a relaxing weekend spent with her family.

This year's graduating class admires really the famous British authors of the 19th century.
Which word is a misplaced modifier in the sentence ?

• graduating
• really
• British
• famous

(1) While cleaning, Ms. Faber found chocolate candy inside her maroon car that was melted. (2) She was happy that she had leather seats, which allowed her to simply wipe off the chocolate with a damp towel.
Which modifier is misplaced in sentence 1?

• While cleaning
• maroon
• chocolate
• that was melted