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Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers
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1. Which of the following is correct? Dangling modifier.

A. Exhausted by his first day at school, B. Exhausted by his first day at school,
A Sam's eyes closed in the middle of his B Sam closed his eyes in the middle of his
favorite TV show. favorite TV show.

2. Which of the following is correct? Dangling modifier.

B. Though not a fan of science fiction, the A. Though not a fan of science fiction, I
A new Star Trek movie, to my surprise, was B liked the new Star Trek movie, to my
very enjoyable. surprise; it was very enjoyable.

3. Which of the following is correct? Dangling modifier.

B. Not meaning to be cruel, George's A. Not meaning to be cruel, George didn't

A B
careless remark hurt Jackie's feelings. mean to hurt Jackie's feelings.

4. Which of the following is correct? Dangling modifier.

A. After visiting the bakery, we smelled

B. After visiting the bakery, the aroma of
A the aroma of freshly baked bread fill our B
freshly baked bread filled our car.
car.

5. Which of the following is correct? Misplaced modifier.

B. The child with fuzzy orange hair A. The child playing on the jungle gym
A B
playing on the jungle gym is my nephew. with fuzzy orange hair is my nephew.

6. Which of the following sentences is written with all modifiers placed correctly? 

On Monday, our teacher said the class Don't forget to take the box to the store
A B
would put on a play. with the empty bottles. 

In the tiny bird's nest ,we thought there

C D The poster caught my eye on the wall.
might be eggs. 

7. Which of the following sentences is written with all modifiers placed correctly? 

I showed the colorful cotton fabric that The kitten belongs to my neighbor that is
A B
was made in Kenya to my sister. on the branch. 

The doctor said that the triplets were The students received an A who made
C D
quite healthy who examined them. the first presentation.  

8. Which of the following sentences is written with all modifiers placed correctly? 

The flight attendant, whose brother I Donald's package is from my mother

A B
know, welcomed us aboard the plane.  which came in the mail.

The cleanup program was supported by

C The friend has a broken leg whom I call.  D all of the students that the president of
the seventh grade class suggested.   

9. Which of the following sentences is written with all modifiers placed correctly? 

My son will meet you there which is the The mail man is a kind guy that delivers
A B
most reliable person I know. our mail.

The dog that has been running loose in Quasars fascinate me which many
C the neighborhood barked at the letter D astronomers throughout the world
carrier.  study.

10. Which sentence is written correctly? 

Talking on the telephone, Amanda did Talking on the telephone, the doorbell
A B
not hear the doorbell ringing. was not heard ringing.

11. Which sentence is written correctly? 

Exploring the cave, we discovered a new Exploring the cave, a new tunnel was
A B
tunnel.  discovered. 

12. Which sentence is written correctly?

The circus featured a clown that was

Wearing a bright orange suit and floppy
A wearing a bright orange suit and floppy B
yellow shoes, the circus featured a clown.
shoes. 
13. Find the misplaced words in the Sentence. I'm returning the shirt to the store that is too
small.

A to the store B I'm returning the shirt

C that is too small D the shirt

14. Find the certain single-word modifier in the Sentence below. Carrie nearly has sixty
freckles on her face

A on her face B has sixty freckles

C nearly D Carrie

15. Choose the best way to correct this sentence:

Covered with mushrooms and cheese, Morgan bit into the pizza.

The pizza was bitten by Morgan as she

A The sentence is correct as written. B was covered with mushrooms and
cheese.

Morgan was covered with mushrooms Morgan bit into the pizza that was
C D
and cheese as she bit into the pizza. covered with mushrooms and cheese.

16. Which sentence is correct?

My mom, with the purple bow, was given I gave the gift to my mom with the purple
A B
a gift by me. bow.

I gave the gift with the purple bow to my

C D The purple bow, I gave a gift to my mom.
mom.

17. Which sentence is correct?

A green woman's purse was found by On her way to school, Marissa found a
A B
Marissa on her way to school. green woman's purse.

Marissa, on her way to school, was found On her way to school, Marissa found a
C D
by a woman's green purse. woman's green purse.

18. Which sentence is correct?

With the red print, the clerk sold the scarf The clerk sold the scarf with the red print
A B
to the woman. to the woman.

The woman bought the scarf from the The clerk sold the scarf to the woman
C D
clerk with red print. with the red print.

Answer Key

1.b 2.b 3.b 4.a

5.a 6.a 7.a 8.a

9.c 10.a 11.a 12.a

13.c 14.c 15.d 16.c

17.d 18.b