Identifying Modifiers

Which word is being modified?
The new student, taking a tour of the school, is here from Florida.

• student

• tour

• school

• Florida

Which word is a modifier?
The green car on the bridge is mine.

• green

• car

• on

• bridge

What is a modifier?

• A very confusing phrase

• A word, phrase, or clause that adds in extra information about another part of the sentence

• A grammatical mistake

• A misleading sentence

Which word is a modifier?
The old shoe was full of mud.

• shoe

• was

• old

• of

Which sentences contain a dangling or misplaced modifier? (Select 2 answers.)

• The boy was standing at the bus stop that looked like my cousin.

• Swinging through the air, the children were delighted by the acrobats at the circus.

• During Christmas vacation, I went out of town.

Which word is being modified?

• costume

• large

• cardboard

• original

Which word is being modified?
Linguistics, as I learned recently, is the study of languages.

• languages

• study

• learned

• linguistics

What word is being modified?

The annoyed proprietor yelled at the unpleasant customer.

• yelled

• proprietor

• unpleasant

• at

Which word or phrase is modifying dog?
I showed my dog with fleas to the veterinarian.

• showed

• with fleas

• I

• to the veterinarian

Exercise 1: Identifying Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Identify the underlined section of the sentence. The pianist played a new composition sitting on the piano bench.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

• Correct