Misplaced Modifiers

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Brushing the horse's mane, the horse ate carrots from its owner.

• Brushing the horse's mane, the owner fed carrots to her horse.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence is written correctly?

• James was giggling and not paying attention as the glass vase broke on the ground.

• Breaking on the ground, James was giggling and not paying attention to the glass vase.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Jumping in the air, the toddler threw toys.

• Jumping in the air, the toys were thrown by the toddler.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Twirling in her dress, the new baby watched her sister.

• The new baby watched her sister twirling in a dress.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The boy walked across the room, the teacher observed, to sharpen his pencil.

• The teacher observed the boy walking across the room to sharpen his pencil.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Jack earned a 50% on five quizzes but earned an 80% on one quiz.

Which sentence correctly describes his performance?

• He nearly failed every quiz in the unit.

• He failed nearly every quiz in the unit.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

Which sentence is written correctly?

• She enjoys sipping a hot cup of tea.

• She enjoys sipping hot tea from her cup.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Her son rarely plays outside.

• Her son plays rarely outside.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.3A

Which sentence is written correctly?

• I read about the bank robbers who were captured in this morning's newspaper.

• In this morning's paper, I read about the bank robbers who were captured.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.4

Which sentence is written correctly?

• At the age of eight, I was sent to camp by my parents.

• At the age of eight, my parents sent me to camp.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.4