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Vague Sentences

Authored by Stephanie M

English

7th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Vague Sentences
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determine if the example is correct or if it contains a misplaced modifier?


The intruder was led away by the police in handcuffs.

Correct

Misplaced Modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determine if the example is correct or if it contains a misplaced modifier?


Jack found a silver woman's ring outside.

Correct

Misplaced Modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determine if the example is correct or if it contains a misplaced modifier?


The green car on the bridge is mine.

Correct

Misplaced Modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences is grammatically 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.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A modifier is called "misplaced" when:

it is placed too close to the word it modifies

it is placed too far away from the word it modifies

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which sentence is written MOST clearly and correctly?

Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, the bottle of cold water quenched Donovan's thirst.

Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, Donovan quenched his thirst with a bottle of cold water.

Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, Donovan's thirst was quenched with a bottle of cold water.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which sentence correctly avoids misplaced modifiers?

Abdullah gasped as the badly wrapped burrito squirted its contents onto his shirt, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce.
The badly wrapped burrito squirted its contents onto Abdullah's shirt, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce.
The badly wrapped burrito, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce, squirted its contents onto Abdullah's shirt.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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