Modifiers Quiz

Identify the misplaced modifier in the sentence: "On her way home, Janice found a gold man's watch."

• On her way home

• Janice found

• a gold man's

• watch

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Rewrite the sentence to correct the misplaced modifier: "On her way home, Janice found a gold man's watch."

• Janice found a man's gold watch on her way home.

• On her way home, a gold watch found Janice.

• A gold man on her way home found Janice's watch.

• Janice, on her way home, found a watch gold man.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the dangling modifier in the sentence: "After reading the novel, the book was highly recommended."

• After reading

• the novel

• the book

• highly recommended

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling modifier: "After reading the novel, the book was highly recommended."

• After reading the novel, it was highly recommended.

• The book was highly recommended after reading the novel.

• The novel was highly recommended after I read it.

• After the novel was read, it was highly recommended.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the misplaced modifier in the sentence: "She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates."

• She served

• sandwiches

• to the children

• on paper plates

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Rewrite the sentence to correct the misplaced modifier: "She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates."

• She served sandwiches on paper plates to the children.

• On paper plates, she served sandwiches to the children.

• She, on paper plates, served sandwiches to the children.

• She served to the children sandwiches on paper plates.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the dangling modifier in the sentence: "Walking through the park, the flowers looked beautiful."

• Walking through the park

• the flowers

• looked

• beautiful

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling modifier: "Walking through the park, the flowers looked beautiful."

• The flowers looked beautiful walking through the park.

• Walking through the park, I thought the flowers looked beautiful.

• The flowers, walking through the park, looked beautiful.

• Walking through the park, the beautiful flowers looked at me.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the misplaced modifier in the sentence: "He almost drove his friends to school every day."

• He

• almost

• drove his friends

• to school every day

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Rewrite the sentence to correct the misplaced modifier: "He almost drove his friends to school every day."

• He drove almost his friends to school every day.

• Almost he drove his friends to school every day.

• He drove his friends to school almost every day.

• Every day, he almost drove his friends to school.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C