Using Modifiers Correctly

Does the following sentence have a misplaced modifier or a dangling modifier?

While taking a shower, Jerry pounded on my door.

• Misplaced

• Dangling

Climbing up the telephone pole, we saw a squirrel.

• Correct

• misplaced modifier

• dangling modifier

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

Jill's car, damaged by the wreck, was towed to a gas station. What word is being modified?

• towed

• station

• wreck

• car

Choose the sentence with a fixed Misplaced modifier

• I nearly made fifty dollars today.

• I made nearly fifty dollars today.

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.

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

Which of the following is the correct form of the adjective in the sentence: She is a (good/well) dancer?

• well

• good

• terrible

• bad

Choose the correct adverb to complete the sentence: She sang (beautiful/beautifully) during the concert.

• beautifuller

• beauty

• beautifully

Identify the adjective in the following sentence: The (smallest/small) cat in the entire neighborhood is named Whiskers.

• smallest

• neighborhood

• small

• cat