Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Practice

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.

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.

Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence:

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

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

• Listening to Drake,

• Elena worked on

• her grammar worksheet

• before it was due

• the next day.

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

• The best holiday

• for eating lots of candy and watching scary movies,

• Halloween

• is Nadia's

• favorite holiday.

What is the word being modified in this sentence?

Ethan, who doesn't like reading, did enjoy the Percy Jackson books.

What is the word being modified in this sentence?

Liam watched the show with an interested expression.

What is the word being modified in this sentence?

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

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

• Grey's Anatomy,

• a show about doctors,

• interests

• JayLynn

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

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

• Because she likes

• the show Shameless,

• Skylar

• might also enjoy

• The Bear.