Simple Modifiers

Alice ___________ rushed to catch the bus.

• frantic

• frantically

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

How ___________ can Greg sing this Israeli song, "Hava-nagilah"?

• well

• good

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Jamal felt ___________ after eating such a large meal.

• bad

• badly

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Misplaced or Dangling

Aisha stumbles while heading to school upon the road bumps.

• Misplaced Modifier

  "while heading to school"

• Misplaced Modifier

  "upon the road bumps"

• Dangling Modifier

  "while heading to school"

• Dangling Modifier

  "upon the road bumps"

• This sentence is grammatically correct.

Answer explanation

Correct Sentence:

>Aisha stumbles upon the road bumps while heading to school.<

- The first sentence made it sound like the school was on road bumps. Aisha stumbled upon these road bumps habang siya ay papunta sa school. The subject of the phrase "upon road bumps" is Aisha, not school.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

The Principal in the middle of the exam surprised the students by entering abruptly.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Which sentence contains a correctly placed modifier?

• The cat sat on the mat lazily.

• Lazily, the cat sat on the mat.

• The cat lazily sat on the mat.

• On the mat, the cat sat lazily.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the sentence with a misplaced modifier.

• Running quickly, the dog chased the ball.

• The dog chased the ball running quickly.

• The dog, running quickly, chased the ball.

• Chased by the dog, the ball rolled quickly.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Choose the sentence with a dangling modifier.

• After reading the book, the movie was disappointing.

• After reading the book, I found the movie disappointing.

• I found the movie disappointing after reading the book.

• The movie was disappointing after I read the book.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence uses a simple modifier correctly?

• She sang beautifully the song.

• Beautifully, she sang the song.

• She beautifully sang the song.

• The song she sang beautifully.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Select the sentence with a misplaced modifier.

• The man walked his dog in a hurry.

• In a hurry, the man walked his dog.

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

• The man walked in a hurry his dog.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C