Dangling Participles

Correct the dangling participle in the sentence: "Walking into the room, the smell was overwhelming."

• Walking into the room, I was overwhelmed by the smell.

• The smell was overwhelming when walking into the room.

• The overwhelming smell greeted me as I walked into the room.

What error is found in the following sentence: Sewing for weeks, the blanket was finally finished.

• misplaced modifier

• dangling participle

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the dangling modifier:

Expecting rain, the umbrella was propped up against the wall.

Tip: Use "Nancy" as the subject.

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the dangling modifier: Riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by rapidly. Tip: Use "Jonas" as the subject.

Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence below:

• Bob, expecting rain, propped his umbrella up against the wall.

• The umbrella was expecting rain so Bob propped it up against the wall.

Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence:

• The world whizzed by quickly, riding in the sports car.

• While Joe was riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by quickly.

Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence:

Running across the park, the paddle boats on the lake appeared to be floating.

• The paddle boats running across the park appeared to be floating on the lake.

• While we were running across the park, we saw paddle boats on the lake that appeared to be floating.

Correct the dangling participle in the following sentence: "Hiking the trail, the birds were singing."

• Hiking the trail, I heard the birds singing.

• The birds were singing, hiking the trail.

• As we were hiking the trail, we heard singing trees with birds.

• Hiking, the trail was singing with birds.

Correct the dangling participle in the sentence: "Running through the forest, the trees seemed to whisper."

• A) Running through the forest, I heard the trees whispering.

• B) The trees seemed to whisper as I ran through the forest.

• C) As I was running through the forest, the trees seemed to whisper.

• D) The trees seemed to whisper, running through the forest.

Identify the error in the sentence: "Flying over the city, the buildings looked like toys."

• A) misplaced modifier

• B) dangling participle

• C) incorrect verb tense

• D) subject-verb agreement