Identifying Modifiers

Identifying Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Identify the underlined section of the sentence. While taking inventory, the store was closed.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• Correct

Exercise 1: Identifying Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Identify the underlined section of the sentence. Removing all the grammar errors, the essay was improved.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• Correct

A blinding flash startled everyone on the merry-go-round.

• blinding

• flash

• startled

• everyone

Identify and correct the mistakes: Rewrite the sentence. The representative offered a solution to the customer with a smile who was frustrated.

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

• verb

• modifier

• adjective

• adverb

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? 

• Running recklessly through the forest, the tree stump tripped Jay.

• Running recklessly through the forest, Jay tripped over the tree stump.

• Running recklessly through the forest, the stump of the tree tripped Jay.

• Running recklessly through the forest, the tree tripped.

A modifier is called "misplaced" when:

• it is placed too close to the word it modifies

• it is placed too far away from the word it modifies

True or False. The sentence contains a misplaced modifier.
 Hannah kept all her medicine in the medicine cabinet that had been prescribed to her.

• True

• False

What does the red phrase modify (or describe) in the following sentence?

The shoes with the yellow stripes are expensive.

• expensive

• shoes

Which sentence correctly avoids misplaced modifiers?

• Abdullah gasped as the badly wrapped burrito squirted its contents onto his shirt, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce.

• The badly wrapped burrito squirted its contents onto Abdullah's shirt, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce.

• The badly wrapped burrito, which was spicy hot and full of lettuce, squirted its contents onto Abdullah's shirt.