Misplaced Modifier

Misplaced Modifier

10th Grade

26 Qs

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Misplaced Modifier

Misplaced Modifier

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.11-12.3A, L.3.1A, L.7.1C

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? 
Running recklessly through the forest, the tree stump tripped Jay.
Running recklessly through the forest, Jay tripped over the tree stump.
Running recklessly through the forest, the stump of the tree tripped Jay.
Running recklessly through the forest, the tree tripped.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A(n) ___ is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies (or describes) another word and adds detail to a sentence.
verb
modifier
adjective
adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A modifier is called "misplaced" when:

it is placed too close to the word it modifies

it is placed too far away from the word it modifies

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

True or False. The sentence contains a misplaced modifier.
 Hannah kept all her medicine in the medicine cabinet that had been prescribed to her.
True
False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which sentence is written MOST clearly and correctly?

Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, the bottle of cold water quenched Donovan's thirst.

Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, Donovan quenched his thirst with a bottle of cold water.

Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, Donovan's thirst was quenched with a bottle of cold water.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What does the red phrase modify (or describe) in the following sentence?

The shoes with the yellow stripes are expensive.

expensive

shoes

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which sentence correctly avoids misplaced modifiers?
Abdullah gasped as the badly wrapped burrito squirted its contents onto his shirt, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce.
The badly wrapped burrito squirted its contents onto Abdullah's shirt, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce.
The badly wrapped burrito, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce, squirted its contents onto Abdullah's shirt.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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