Modifiers

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• I nearly made fifty dollars today.

• I made nearly fifty dollars today.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• When we opened the leather woman's purse, we found the missing keys.

• When we opened the woman's leather purse, we found the missing keys.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• Wearing only light shirts and shorts, we hiked through the forest.

• We hiked through the forest wearing only light shirts and shorts.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• The fans stood in line to buy tickets to the show for twenty minutes.

• The fans stood in line for twenty minutes to buy tickets to the show.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• We gave the old clothes to a local charity that had been piled up in the basement.

• We gave the old clothes that had been piled up in the basement to a local charity.

Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier and is grammatically correct?

• After the movie, we ate Mexican food that was very spicy.

• We ate Mexican food after the movie that was very spicy.

A modifier is a __________, __________ or _____________ that adds description to a sentence.

• sentence, paragraph, essay
• word, phrase, clause

Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

• A. We discovered an Italian bakery that just opened a few miles from our house.
• B. We discovered an Italian bakery a few miles from our house that had just opened.

Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

• A. The child playing on the jungle gym with fuzzy orange hair is my nephew.
• B. The child with fuzzy orange hair playing on the jungle gym is my nephew.

Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

• A. The customer demanded that the waiter take her order rudely.
• B. The customer rudely demanded that the waiter take her order.