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Using Modifiers Correctly
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Does the following sentence have a misplaced modifier or a dangling modifier?
While taking a shower, Jerry pounded on my door.
Misplaced
Dangling
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Climbing up the telephone pole, we saw a squirrel.
Correct
misplaced modifier
dangling modifier
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?
Swinging back and forth, the girls played on the swing set for hours.
back
girls
swing set
hours
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Jill's car, damaged by the wreck, was towed to a gas station. What word is being modified?
towed
station
wreck
car
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the sentence with a fixed Misplaced modifier
I nearly made fifty dollars today.
I made nearly fifty dollars today.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The telephone which is on the desk is broken.
The on the desk telephone is broken.
The telephone on the desk is broken.
The telephone desk is broken.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where should the red modifier be placed?
Mary read that a wasp larva spins a cocoon in the encyclopedia.
After cocoon
After spins
After wasp
After read
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
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