Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where should the red modifier be placed?
Joshua and Reginald heard that there was a destructive hailstorm on the news.
After destructive
After heard
After Joshua
After was
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where should the red modifier be placed?
Ringing, everyone glared at the man with the cell phone.
Before cell phone
After everyone
After glared
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
With this type of modifier error (dangling or misplaced), the subject is present in the sentence, but it is not next to the modifier
Misplaced
Dangling
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
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