Dangling Participles
Authored by Sarah Williams
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Hammering the final nail into the wall, the house was completed.
Correct
Dangling Participle
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Going ten miles over the speed limit, the light quickly turned red and almost resulted in an accident.
Correct
Dangling Participle
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Struggling with the lock, the latch would not budge.
Correct
Dangling Participle
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Find the dangling participle:
Living in the swamps, Mohammed always feared crocodiles.
Living in the swamps, he had always feared them.
Living in the swamps, the fear of crocodiles was always there for Mohammed.
Living in the swamps, Mohammed always had a fear of crocodiles.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
After swimming in the cold water, the warm towel provided much comfort.
Correct
Dangling Participle
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a dangling participle?
a participial phrase in the wrong place
a prepositional phrase in the wrong place
a phrase at the end of a sentence
a phrase that describes falling off of something
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? Reading a book, the cat crawled up in my lap.
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
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