Dangling Modifiers, Capitalization and Sentences

Sentence Kinds and Punctuation

100

Never buy anything from a salesman that comes to your door

. & Imperative

200

Will you be at Chiara's party on Saturday

? & Interrogative

300

Can you give me directions to San Francisco

? & Interrogative .

400

The computer turned off

. & Declarative

500

The tornado is coming this way

!, Exclamatory

Fix Misplaced Modifiers

100

This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: Standing in the damp forest, the rain dripped onto the crowd.

An example of a correct sentence would be: The rain dripped onto the crowd standing in the forest.

200

This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: Panting heavily, my dog’s collar rattled as he ran down the street.

An example of a correct sentence would be: My dog ran down the street, panting heavily, his collar rattling.

300

This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: Frosted with dark chocolate icing, the waiters brought out my mother's cake.

This is an example of a corrected sentence: Frosted with dark chocolate icing, my mother's cake was brought out by the waiters.

400

This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: Swinging wildly through the trees, the children were delighted by the monkeys.

An example of a correct sentence would be: The children were delighted by the monkeys swinging wildly through the trees.

500

This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: To become a respected politician, campaign funds must be carefully administered.

An example of a correct sentence: To become a respected politician, one must administer campaign funds carefully.

Sentence Types

100

True or False This is a compound sentence: Jody and Steve ate ice cream.

False -- It's a simple sentence. .

200

What is the dependent clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.

While we are learning to jump rope

300

T/F This is a simple sentence: Mom and Dad went home while I stayed at the mall.

False -- Complex Sentence

400

What is a complex sentence?

Has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with a subordinating conjunction.

500

True or False? This is a compound sentence: Soccer is played everywhere; I played soccer in England. 

 True 

Dangling Modifiers

100

Which one of the following sentences correctly uses modifiers. a)Did Eve really give her grandfather, for his birthday, an Avril Lavigne concert ticket? b)Did Eve really give her grandfather an Avril Lavigne concert ticket for his birthday?

b)Did Eve really give her grandfather an Avril Lavigne concert ticket for his birthday?

200

Which one of the following sentences correctly uses modifiers. a)At the age of four, my father decided that I should live with my grandmother in Beijing. b)My father decided that, at the age of four, I should live with my grandmother in Beijing.

b)My father decided that, at the age of four, I should live with my grandmother in Beijing.

300

Which one of the following sentences correctly uses modifiers. a)While driving along the coastal highway after midnight, a deer suddenly appeared in our headlights. b)A deer suddenly appeared in our headlights while we were driving along the coastal highway after midnight.

b)A deer suddenly appeared in our headlights while we were driving along the coastal highway after midnight.

400

Which one of the following sentences correctly uses modifiers. a)While carrying a tray full of sizzling fajitas, Nancy caught her foot on the leg of the counter. b)While carrying a tray full of sizzling fajitas, Nancy's foot got caught on the leg of the counter.

a)While carrying a tray full of sizzling fajitas, Nancy caught her foot on the leg of the counter.

500

Which one of the following sentences correctly uses modifiers. a)Looking out the windows of the plane, we saw fire spewing from the engines on the wing. b)We saw fire spewing from the engines on the wing, looking out the windows of the plane.

a)Looking out the windows of the plane, we saw fire spewing from the engines on the wing.

Capitalization

100

my friends flossie and bernard went with me to the local dairy queen for a skittles blizzard

My Flossie Bernard Dairy Queen Skittles Blizzard.

200

we love the book the watsons go to birmingham-1963 by christopher paul curtis, which is an awesome story

We The Watsons Go Birmingham Christopher Paul Curtis. or !

300

my uncle john took me to the annual st patrick's day parade, which celebrates classic irish traditions, in downtown chicago every march when I was younger

My Uncle John St. Patrick's Day Parade Irish Chicago March period after younger.

400

dr. charles drew, the first medical director of the first american red cross blood bank died of injuries sustained in a car accident in 1950 and was taken to alamance hospital in north carolina, where now the charles drew institute is named in his honor

Dr. Charles Drew American Red Cross Alamance Hospital North Carolina Charles Drew Institute.

500

to commemorate the iraq war, did president obama board his plane, air force one, and fly to the golden gate bridge, where a ceremony to remember all the soldiers took place

To Iraq War President Obama Air Force One Golden Gate Bridge question mark after place?