Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Quiz

Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:

John ate a walnut with his squirrel, tired after a long day of school.

• John was tired after a long day of school and he ate a walnut with his squirrel.

• Tired after a long day of school, John's squirrel ate a walnut.

• After a long day of school, his squirrel and John ate a walnut.

• John, tired after a long day of school, ate a walnut with his squirrel.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:

Jordan summarized the events of the new Spiderman movie, which he loved.

• Jordan summarized the events of the new Spiderman movie; which he loved.

• The new Spiderman movie had cool events which he loved; Jordan summarized it.

• Jordan, who loved the new Spiderman movie, summarized its events.

• He summarized the events of the new Spiderman movie, Jordan did and he loved it.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:

Daniel nearly spent three hours getting to the next level of Zelda.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!

• The best holiday

• Halloween

• for eating lots of candy and watching scary movies,

• is Nadia's

• favorite holiday.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What is the word being modified in this sentence?

While camping out before the concert, Emily made new friends.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!

• JayLynn

• interests

• a show about doctors,

• because she wants to know more about the medical field.

• Grey's Anatomy,

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!

• Skylar

• might also enjoy

• The Bear.

• Because she likes

• the show Shameless,

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!

• wondered how

• Carlito,

• created 5 different voices in 5 minutes.

• who seemed to be working quietly,

• The whole class

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What is the word being modified in this sentence?

Mason and his friends dodged the pine trees as they skied.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What is the word being modified in this sentence?

Gabby, who loves Frank Ocean, gets really excited whenever one of his songs comes on.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C