Misplaced and Dangling

A type of modifying phrase that has no clear or logical subject.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Subordinate Clause

• Dangling Modifier

• Verbal Phrase

To fix a misplaced modifier, relocate it as close to the _____ it is supposed to modify.

• adjective

• preposition

• noun

• verb

What kind of modifier problem does this sentence have? The car on the bridge which is green is mine.

• Dangling Modifier

• Misplaced Modifier

• Correct

Choose the sentence with the corrected misplaced modifier:

• She needed one day to almost complete the assignment.

• She needed almost one day to complete the assignment.

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 corrected misplaced modifier sentence:

• Everyone watched the celebrity dressed in a flowing gown enter the room.

• Dressed in a flowing gown, everyone watched.

What kind of modifier problem does this sentence have?

At the age of three, my mother sang hymns.

• Dangling Modifier

• Misplaced Modifier

• Correct

Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence below:

• Bob, expecting rain, propped his umbrella up against the wall.

• The umbrella was expecting rain so Bob propped it up against the wall.

Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence:

Riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by quickly.

• The world whizzed by quickly, riding in the sports car.

• While Joe was riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by quickly.

A type of modifying phrase that has no clear or logical subject.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Subordinate Clause

• Dangling Modifier

• Verbal Phrase