Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers

Choose the sentence with the modifier in the correct place.

• The clerk sold the scarf to the woman with the red print.

• The clerk sold the scarf with the red print to the woman.

A(n) ___ is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies (or describes) another word and adds detail to a sentence.

• verb

• modifier

• adjective

• adverb

To correct a misplaced modifier, rearrange,  revise, and ____ the sentence by moving the words. 

• rewrite

• review

• recycle

• reward

Rewrite the sentence to correct the modifier: "Running quickly, the finish line seemed to approach."

• Running quickly, he saw the finish line seemed to approach.

• The finish line seemed to approach as he was running quickly.

• He seemed to approach the finish line running quickly.

• The finish line, running quickly, seemed to approach.

Answer explanation

The correct choice rephrases the sentence to correctly place the modifier 'running quickly' before the action it describes, which is 'he was running quickly.'

Revise the following sentence so that the modifier is correctly placed. If there is more than one correct answer, choose all correct answers. Excited about the upcoming trip, the tickets were booked months in advance by Julia.

• Excited about the upcoming trip, Julia booked the tickets months in advance.

• The tickets were booked months in advance by Julia, excited about the upcoming trip.

• Julia booked the tickets months in advance, excited about the upcoming trip.

• The tickets, excited about the upcoming trip, were booked months in advance by Julia.

Which sentence correctly relocates the misplaced modifier? Original: "She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates."

• She served on paper plates the sandwiches to the children.

• She served the children sandwiches on paper plates.

• On paper plates, she served sandwiches to the children.

• She served sandwiches on paper plates to the children.

Choose the sentence with the corrected misplaced modifier:

• After showering and shaving, my friend took me for a ride.

• My friend took me showering and shaving for a ride.

Choose the sentence that correctly fixes the misplaced modifier: "On her way home, Jan found a gold man’s watch."

• On her way home, Jan found a man’s gold watch.

• Jan found a gold man’s watch on her way home.

• A gold man’s watch was found by Jan on her way home.

• On her way home, a gold watch was found by Jan.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "She almost drove her kids to school every day."

• She drove her kids to school almost every day.

• Almost she drove her kids to school every day.

• She drove almost her kids to school every day.

• She drove her almost kids to school every day.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'She drove her kids to school almost every day.' This option correctly places the modifier 'almost' next to 'every day' to indicate frequency.

Revise the following sentence so that the modifier is correctly placed. If there is more than one correct answer, choose all correct answers. Watching the sunset, the evening seemed to be perfect.

• Watching the sunset, Kara thought the evening was perfect.

• The evening seemed to be perfect, as Kara was watching the sunset.

• It seemed to be a perfect evening, watching the sunset.

• The evening, watching the sunset, seemed to be perfect.