Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Quiz

Choose the correct sentence without a misplaced or dangling modifier.

• Driving to school, a deer suddenly ran across the road

• While driving to school, I saw a deer suddenly run across the road.

• A deer suddenly ran across the road while driving to school.

A dangling modifier is when the doer of the action is NOT next to the phrase or it is missing

• True
• False

Which sentence is correct?

• Running to catch the bus, my backpack fell off.

• My backpack fell off running to catch the bus.

• Running to catch the bus, I felt my backpack fall off.

Which sentence is correct?

• Covered in chocolate, I loved the cake.

• I loved the cake covered in chocolate.

• I covered in chocolate loved the cake.

A misplaced modifier is ALWAYS at the beginning of a sentence.

• True
• False

Which sentence is correct?

• The boy was laughing at the clown in the audience.

• The boy in the audience was laughing at the clown.

• Laughing at the clown, the boy in the audience.

Which sentence is correct?

• We saw a man on a bicycle with a red hat.

• We saw a man with a red hat on a bicycle.

• We saw a man wearing a red hat riding a bicycle.

The sentence "She found a gold man’s watch" is correct.

• True
• False

Which sentence is correct?

• Walking through the park, the flowers looked beautiful.

• Walking through the park, I admired the beautiful flowers.

• The flowers looked beautiful walking through the park.

Which sentence is correct?

• She gave a gift to the girl in a shiny box.

• She gave a gift in a shiny box to the girl.

• She gave the girl a gift in a shiny box.