Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers: Quiz Review

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. The Dudley kids slowly but surely managed to teach their golden retriever, Dusty, a variety of tricks using treats.

• slowly but surely

• their golden retriever, Dusty

• a variety of tricks

• using treats

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. The paws of the giant panda have enlarged wrist bones that help the animal grip and eat bamboo like thumbs.

• of the giant panda

• enlarged wrist bones

• help the animal grip and eat bamboo

• like thumbs

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. Considered by many to be the first example of a motion picture, British photographer Eadweard Muybridge displayed a series of successive photographic images—a filmstrip of sorts—of a running horse in 1878.

• Considered by many to be the first example of a motion picture

• a series of successive photographic images

• of a running horse in 1878

• British photographer Eadweard Muybridge

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. Appearing almost like an alien planet, Hugo could see a huge grid of wind turbines in uniform rows and columns that stretched across the desert and to the horizon.

• Appearing almost like an alien planet

• in uniform rows and columns

• that stretched across the desert and to the horizon

• a huge grid of wind turbines

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. Made with dark chocolate and peanut butter, Linda's mouth watered at the sight of the decadent dessert.

• Made with dark chocolate and peanut butter

• Linda's mouth

• at the sight of the decadent dessert

• watered

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. The future of coral reefs concerns many marine biologists; as a source of diverse fish species, our dependence upon coral reefs for food and for marine biodiversity cannot be overstated.

• The future of coral reefs

• as a source of diverse fish species

• our dependence upon coral reefs

• cannot be overstated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. Contemplating all the options, Dwayne's situation seemed inescapably dire; he couldn't conceive of a satisfactory solution.

• Contemplating all the options

• Dwayne's situation

• seemed inescapably dire

• he couldn't conceive of a satisfactory solution

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. Surging ahead of the other runners, the finish line came into view, and with it the hope that the race was still winnable.

• Surging ahead of the other runners

• the finish line came into view

• the hope that the race was still winnable

• ahead of the other runners

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. Also known as wisdom teeth, about thirty-five percent of the population never develops third molars, which usually appear between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five.

• Also known as wisdom teeth

• about thirty-five percent of the population

• never develops third molars

• which usually appear between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier. A squirrel monkey named Miss Baker had a striking number of fans, among the first animals to survive being launched into outer space.

• A squirrel monkey named Miss Baker

• a striking number of fans

• among the first animals to survive being launched into outer space

• had

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C