Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Practice
Authored by Heather Anderson
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 mins • 2 pts
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.
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CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
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.
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CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
3.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:
Daniel nearly spent three hours getting to the next level of Zelda.
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CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
4.
REORDER QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!
before it was due
Listening to Drake,
the next day.
Elena worked on
her grammar worksheet
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CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
5.
REORDER QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
Reorder the following parts of the sentence to correctly place the modifier!
for eating lots of candy and watching scary movies,
Halloween
favorite holiday.
is Nadia's
The best holiday
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
What is the word being modified in this sentence?
Ethan, who doesn't like reading, did enjoy the Percy Jackson books.
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CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
What is the word being modified in this sentence?
Liam watched the show with an interested expression.
Tags
CCSS.L.2.1E
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1G
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