Revising Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

What type of error, if any, does the following sentence have?

We left our car at the shop with a flat tire.

• No error.

• A misplaced modifier.

• A dangling modifier.

What type of error, if any, does the following sentence have?

Drinking coffee on the balcony, a fire engine came down the street.

• No error.

• A misplaced modifier.

• A dangling modifier.

What type of error, if any, does the following sentence have?

I found the book that I need for class after I looked in three rooms.

• No error.

• A misplaced modifier.

• A dangling modifier.

Select the two possible answers.

How can the following sentence be revised to correct the dangling modifier error?

Stepping into the boat, my camera dropped into the water.

• My camera dropped into the water stepping into the boat.

• My camera, stepping into the boat, dropped into the water.

• Stepping into the boat, I dropped my camera into the water.

• While I was stepping into the boat, my camera dropped into the water.

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CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

How can the following sentence be revised to eliminate the misplaced modifier error?

The orchestra members prepared for the performance, who were tuning their instruments.

• Who were tuning their instruments the orchestra members prepared for the performance.

• The orchestra, who were tuning their instruments, members prepared for the performance.

• The orchestra members, who were tuning their instruments, prepared for the performance.

Which modifier is misplaced in the following sentence?

Every morning, Arthur likes to slowly eat a blueberry muffin in his pajamas.

• Every morning.

• in his pajamas.

• slowly.

Which modifier is dangling in the following sentence?

Flying over the Rockies, the mountains were snow-covered and cloudless.

• Flying over the Rockies.

• snow-covered.

• cloudless.

Where can the following modifier (on the kitchen table) be inserted in the following sentence?

While they were eating, many guests admired the beautiful silver spoons, forks, and knives.

• Before while.

• Between guests and admired.

• Between the and beautiful.

• after knives.

What is the best way to rewrite this sentence?

To prevent an unhealthy buildup of bacteria, bed sheets should be washed at least once a week.

• You should wash your bed sheets preventing an unhealthy buildup of bacteria at least once a week.

• Bed sheets should be washed at least once a week to prevent an unhealthy buildup of bacteria.

• Preventing an unhealthy buildup of bacteria, bed sheets should be washed at least once a week.

• To prevent an unhealthy buildup of bacteria, you should wash your bed sheets at least once a week.

Which of the following sentences is the most clear and effective?

• As I walked alone in the forest, all of the tall trees looked frightening

• All of the tall trees looked frightening, walking alone in the forest.

• Looking frightening, I walked alone in the forest amid all of the tall trees.

• Walking alone in the forest, all of the tall trees looked frightening.