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    This document contains a 15 question quiz about misplaced and dangling modifiers. The questions test the ability to identify sentences with modifiers that are incorrectly placed, making the meaning ambiguous or unclear. Answering the questions correctly requires understanding where modifiers should be placed in relation to the words they modify.

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    This document contains a 15 question quiz about misplaced and dangling modifiers. The questions test the ability to identify sentences with modifiers that are incorrectly placed, making the meaning ambiguous or unclear. Answering the questions correctly requires understanding where modifiers should be placed in relation to the words they modify.

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    Misplaced Modifiers

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    Ixjnx
    This document contains a 15 question quiz about misplaced and dangling modifiers. The questions test the ability to identify sentences with modifiers that are incorrectly placed, making the meaning ambiguous or unclear. Answering the questions correctly requires understanding where modifiers should be placed in relation to the words they modify.

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    NAME 

    : 
    CLASS : 
    Misplaced Modifiers
    15 Questions DATE  : 

    1. Running for the bus, the book fell in the mud.

    A Dangling Modifier B Misplaced Modifier

    2. Which sentence is written correctly?

    Although Martha is only sixteen years Though only sixteen years old, the
    A B
    old, the college accepted her application. college accepted Martha's application.

    3. Climbing up the ladder carefully, the frightened cat was brought


    down from the tree.

    A Dangling Modifier B Misplaced Modifier

    4. Which sentence is written correctly?

    A The student's torn book laid on her desk. B The torn student's book laid on her desk.

    5. Which sentence is written correctly?

    On her way home, Sally found a man's On her way home, Sally found a silver
    A B
    silver watch. man's watch.

    6. The dealer sold the Cadillac to the buyer with leather seats.

    A Dangling Modifier B Misplaced Modifier

    7. She saw a dog and a cat on the way to the store.

    A Misplaced Modifier B Dangling Modifier

    8. Which sentence is written correctly?

    A She claimed she saw a UFO yesterday. B She claimed yesterday she saw a UFO. 
    9. Upon entering the doctor's office, the skeleton was missing a
    hand!

    A Dangling Modifier B Misplaced Modifier

    10. Which sentence is written correctly?

    Having finished the assignment, the Having finished the


    A B
    TV was turned on. assignment, Jill turned on the TV.

    11. The jacket was just too small in the store.

    A Dangling Modifier B Misplaced Modifier

    12. Which sentence is written correctly?

    Having looked through the whole music


     Having looked through the whole music
    A store, I realized that the CD I wanted just B
    store, the CD just wasn’t there.
    wasn’t there.

    13. Covered in wildflowers, the elephant pondered the hillside's


    beauty.

    A Dangling Modifier B Misplaced Modifier

    14. Which sentence is written correctly?

    Changing the oil every 3,000 miles, Fred


    Changing the oil every 3,000 miles, the
    A found he could get much better gas B
    car seemed to run better.
    mileage.

    15. After reading the great new book, the movie based on it is sure to
    be exciting

    A Misplaced Modifier B Dangling Modifier

    Answer Key

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

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

    9.a 10.b 11.b 12.a

    13.b 14.a 15.b

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