Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

7th Grade

15 Qs

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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.11-12.3A, L.7.1C

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

A word or phrase that is misplaced and changes the meaning or purpose of the sentence.

Dangling Modifier

Misplaced Modifier

Verbs

Participles

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

A type of modifying phrase that has no clear or logical subject.

Misplaced Modifier

Subordinate Clause

Dangling Modifier

Verbal Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Identify the modifying phrase:

Waking in the night, the fire engine could be heard.

Waking in the night

Waking

could be heard

the fire engine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Identify the modifying phrase:

Covered in cream sauce, my husband loves chicken alfredo.

my husband loves

Covered in cream sauce

chicken alfredo

cream sauce

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

To fix a misplaced modifier, relocate it as close to the _____ it is supposed to modify.

adjective

preposition

noun

verb

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

What kind of modifier problem does this sentence have?

The car on the bridge which is green is mine.

Dangling Modifier

Misplaced Modifier

Correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

What kind of modifier problem does this sentence have?

At the age of three, my mother sang hymns.

Dangling Modifier

Misplaced Modifier

Correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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