Understanding Modifiers in Sentences

The video tutorial covers misplaced and dangling modifiers, explaining their definitions and providing examples. It highlights common errors in everyday speech and their implications on standardized tests like the SAT. The tutorial includes a practice question to reinforce learning and offers strategies for correctly placing modifiers in sentences.

What is a common reason for using misplaced modifiers in everyday speech?

• We often forget the correct placement.

• They are grammatically correct.

• They make sentences more interesting.

• They are used to emphasize the subject.

In the sentence 'Tyler found his phone walking to the library', what is the misplaced modifier?

• Tyler

• found

• his phone

• walking to the library

How should the sentence 'Tyler found his phone walking to the library' be corrected?

• Tyler walking to the library found his phone.

• Walking to the library, Tyler found his phone.

• Tyler found walking to the library his phone.

• His phone was found by Tyler walking to the library.

In the SAT example, what was the issue with the sentence 'Ka gave her presentation on Renaissance thinkers dressed as cernus'?

• It was missing a noun.

• It was missing a verb.

• It implied the wrong subject was dressed as cernus.

• It was too long.

Which answer choice correctly fixes the SAT example sentence?

• Ka gave her presentation dressed as cernus on Renaissance thinkers.

• Dressed as cernus, Ka gave her presentation on Renaissance thinkers.

• Ka gave her presentation on Renaissance thinkers who dressed as cernus.

• Ka dressed as cernus gave her presentation on Renaissance thinkers.

What is a dangling modifier?

• A modifier that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence.

• A modifier that is used in passive voice.

• A modifier that is used to emphasize the subject.

• A modifier that is placed at the end of a sentence.

In the sentence 'Walking to the library, the phone was found', what is the dangling modifier?

• Walking to the library

• the phone

• library

• was found

How can the sentence 'Walking to the library, the phone was found' be corrected?

• Tyler found the phone walking to the library.

• The phone was found walking to the library.

• Walking to the library, Tyler found the phone.

• The phone walking to the library was found.

What is a pro tip for placing modifying phrases?

• Place them at the end of the sentence.

• Place them near the word they describe.

• Place them at the beginning of the sentence.

• Place them in the middle of the sentence.

In the sentence 'Walking to the library, Tyler found his phone', what does the phrase before the comma modify?

• His phone

• The library

• The sentence

• Tyler