Modifiers and Negatives

The shoes with the yellow stripes are expensive.

• expensive

• shoes

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

• rewrite

• review

• recycle

• reward

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.

Is the sentence below written correctly?

Covered in wildflowers, the elephant pondered the hillside's beauty.

• Yes, the sentence is correct.

• No, the sentence has a misplaced modifier.

Which sentence is written MOST clearly and correctly?

• The lady shopped for a dress with a headache.

• The lady with a headache shopped for a dress.

Words or phrases that modify something you didn't intend to modify are

• adverbs.

• adjectives.

• misplaced modifiers.

• dangling modifiers.

What modifies something that isn't even in your sentence?

• misplaced modifier

• dangling modifier

• adjective

• adverb

Identify the modifier in the following sentence: 'The cat with the fluffy tail is sleeping.'

• A) cat

• B) with the fluffy tail

• C) is sleeping

• D) the

Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

• A) The man walked his dog in a hurry.

• B) In a hurry, the man walked his dog.

• C) The man, in a hurry, walked his dog.

• D) The man walked his dog, in a hurry.

Choose the sentence with the correct placement of the modifier.

• A) She almost drove her kids to school every day.

• B) She drove her kids almost to school every day.

• C) She drove almost her kids to school every day.

• D) She drove her kids to school almost every day.