Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a dangling modifier?
When there is no subject in the sentence that is being described (you have to add it)
When there is the correct subject somewhere in the sentence, but not next to the modifier (you have to rearrange).
A grammatically correct sentence
When a semicolon is used incorrectly
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Walking down the hallway, all the lockers were open.
Misplaced modifier
Dangling modifier
Correct
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Covered with mushrooms, sausage, and extra cheese, Morgan eagerly bit into the enormous slice of pizza.
Misplaced modifier
Dangling modifier
Correct
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Trevor gave a sculpture to his girlfriend that he had carved out of soap.
Misplaced modifier
Dangling modifier
Correct
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
The house was dark when I got home.
I got home late.
Coming home late, the house was dark.
The house was dark.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
6.
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the dangling modifier in the sentence below?
Running to catch the bus, his lunch box was dropped.
was dropped
his lunch box was dropped
running to catch
running to catch the bus
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
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