Dangling and Misplaced Modifier

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

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

• I only have five minutes to talk with you.

• I have only five minutes to talk with you.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Which of the following sentences is written with all modifiers placed correctly? 

• The students received an A who made the first presentation.  

• The doctor said that the triplets were quite healthy who examined them.

• I showed the colorful cotton fabric that was made in Kenya to my sister.

• The kitten belongs to my neighbor that is on the branch. 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Wearing a bright orange suit and floppy yellow shoes, the circus featured a clown.

• The circus featured a clown that was wearing a bright orange suit and floppy shoes. 

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

When only five years old, my father took me to see my first Dodger game.

• incorrect

• correct

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Plans for a new road have finally been approved after three years of *red tape to stretch across the valley. (*red tape means laws, policies, or systems that delay something.)

• incorrect

• correct

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the dangling modifier?

Covered in dirt, I gave my dog a bath. 

• I gave my dog a bath

• Covered in dirt

• a bath

• Covered

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Choose the best way to correct the sentence:

Everyone warned the child not to get too close to the dog in the house that snarled all the time.

• Everyone warned the child not to get too close to the house that snarled all the time.

• Everyone warned the child not to get too close to the house which had a dog that snarled all the time.

• correct

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Hoping to succeed in the interview, long hours were spent in preparation.

• misplaced modifier

• dangling modifier

• correct

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A