SG 17: Dangling/Misplaced Modifiers
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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a dangling or misplaced modifier?
A word that describes a noun clearly
A word that causes confusion about what it describes
A word that is always at the end of a sentence
A word that is used to connect two sentences
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?
Sleeping during class, he learned little.
When Alice was four, she and her family moved to Texas.
Running down the hall, my jacket caught on a nail.
Although eager to make the honor roll, Ted did not study.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How can a dangling modifier be corrected?
By adding more adjectives
By rewriting the sentence to make it clear
By removing the modifier
By changing the subject of the sentence
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the correct sentence.
Driving on the beach, a rock hit my windshield.
While I was driving on the beach, a rock hit my windshield.
A rock hit my windshield, driving on the beach.
Driving on the beach, my windshield was hit by a rock.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence is correct?
To improve our wrestling team, new weight equipment was purchased by our school.
New weight equipment was purchased by our school to improve our wrestling team.
To improve our wrestling team, the school purchased new weight equipment.
Our school purchased new weight equipment to improve our wrestling team.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the problem with the sentence: "Sleeping during class, his grades suffered"?
It is too long
It contains a dangling modifier
It is a run-on sentence
It lacks a subject
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the sentence with a misplaced modifier.
Wearing only a thin jacket, Jason found the winter wind unbearable.
Jason found the winter wind unbearable, wearing only a thin jacket.
The winter wind was unbearable, wearing only a thin jacket.
Wearing only a thin jacket, the winter wind was unbearable.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
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