Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Hungry for dinner, the surface is where Gert the goldfish waited in anticipation of food flakes.

• Goldfish can't wait in anticipation.

• The surface sounds like it is the one waiting.

• Gert needs to be mentioned closer to 'Hungry for dinner'.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence?

• Mr. Nguyen was the who took the test.

• It sounds like the calculus test as the grin.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Rapping the pencil on the edge of the desk, the fourth cause of the French Revolution would not come to mind.

• The pencil was trying to think of the fourth cause.

• We don't know who was rapping the pencil

• The French Revolution was rapping the pencil.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Slathering the popcorn with melted butter, the calorie count skyrocketed.

• We don't know who slathered the popcorn with melted butter.

• The sentence is correct.

• The calories slathered the popcorn with melted butter.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence?

Attached to the email, Charlotte sent her boyfriend Byron another picture with eerie red eyes.

• The sentence is correct.

• Pictures don't have eerie red eyes.

• Charlotte was attached to the email.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? After the rainstorm, Jeremy walked his dog on a sidewalk covered in wet leaves.

• Jeremy can't walk his dog after a rainstorm.

• Sidewalks cannot be covered in leaves.

• The sentence is correct.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Tonya made the mistake of walking her boisterous bulldog Bill in high heels.

• Bulldogs can't wear high heels.

• The bulldog is who made the mistake.

• The sentence is correct.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence?

• The sentence is correct.

• Brenda was too hungry to wait.

• We don't know who was too hungry to wait.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Struggling with tight jeans, the zipper would not budge.

• It's unclear who was struggling.

• The sentence is correct.

• The zipper was just being stubborn.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Whispering into Valerie's ear, Rafael shared the gossip which had shocked and dismayed everyone in the cafeteria.

• We don't know who was whispering.

• Valerie is the one who shared the gossip.

• The sentence is correct.