Correcting Misplaced Modifiers

Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "With a heavy heart, the news was delivered by the officer."

• With a heavy heart

• the news

• was delivered

• by the officer

Answer explanation

The misplaced modifier in the sentence is 'With a heavy heart' because it should be placed closer to the noun it modifies, which is 'the officer.'

Which sentence does not contain any modifiers errors?

• Jumping quickly, the frog landed in the pond.

• Running down the street, her hat flew off.

• The boy with the blue shirt is my brother.

• We ate the lunch that we brought slowly.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "I heard that there was a robbery on the news."

• I heard

• that there was a robbery

• on the news

• a robbery

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "She served cookies to the children on blue plates."

• She served

• cookies

• to the children

• on blue plates

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Which sentence correctly uses modifiers without any errors?

• Tired and hungry, the lunch was quickly eaten.

• The man with glasses helped the woman.

• The cookies in the jar are for eating later.

• She found a kitten walking home last night.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Dressed in a flowing gown, everyone watched the celebrity enter the room.

Choose the sentence with a misplaced modifier.

• Wearing only a thin jacket, Jason found the winter wind unbearable.

• Jason found the winter wind unbearable, wearing only a thin jacket.

• The winter wind was unbearable, wearing only a thin jacket.

• Wearing only a thin jacket, the winter wind was unbearable.

Which sentence is an example of a corrected modifier?

• While jogging down the street, a car nearly hit me.

• Jogging down the street, I was nearly hit by a car.

• A car nearly hit me while jogging down the street.

• While jogging down the street, I was nearly hit by a car.

What is the correct way to express: "Running down the hall, my jacket caught on a nail"?

• My jacket caught on a nail, running down the hall.

• Running down the hall, I caught my jacket on a nail.

• I caught my jacket on a nail, running down the hall.

• My jacket caught on a nail while running down the hall.

What is a dangling or misplaced modifier?

• A word that describes a noun clearly

• A word that causes confusion about what it describes

• A word that is always at the end of a sentence

• A word that is used to connect two sentences