What is: On her way home, Jan found a man's gold watch.
100
Jim, on the way to a bank robbery saw a fat old man crossing the road.
What is: Jim saw a fat old man crossing the road on the way to a bank robbery.
100
They just said it was going to rain on the television.
What is: On the television, they just said it was going to rain.
100
The man almost ran two marathons
-general rule
-keep adjectives close
-adverb sense
-misplaced phrases
-misplaced clauses
What is: adverb sense
100
Mrs. Rauen's favorite animal.
What is the Giraffe
200
Ralph piled all of his clothes in the hamper that he had worn.
What is: Ralph piled all of his clothes that he had worn in the hamper.
200
The woman wearing yoga pants took a picture of an elephant.
What is The woman took a picture of an elephant wearing yoga pants.
200
The woman gave halloween candies to children in bright wrappers.
What is: The woman gave halloween candies in bright wrappers to children.
200
There was a sharp drawer of objects
-general rule
-keep adjectives close
-adverb sense
-misplaced phrases
-misplaced clauses
What is: keep adjectives close
200
Mr. Rauen is the head of this club at NCHS.
What is: Gaming Club
300
Having been fixed the night before, Garret could use the car.
What is: Garret could use the car, having been fixed the night before.
300
John on his way home from four years in prison saw a turtle on his back
What is: John, on his back, saw a turtle from four years in prison.
*Multiple acceptable answers*
300
She broke ground as the first woman to run for US president in 1872.
What is: In 1872, she broke ground as the first woman to run for US president.
300
Place modifier next to or as close as possible to the noun it describes.
-general rule
-keep adjectives close
-adverb sense
-misplaced phrases
-misplaced clauses
What is: general rule
300
One of Mrs. Rauen's least favorite foods.
What is: Dark chocolate/Milk chocolate, Strawberries.
*Both answers are acceptable.*
400
Sam could not drive his car convicted of a DUI.
What is: Sam, convicted of a DUI, could not drive his car.
Or: Convicted of a DUI, Sam could not drive his car.
400
Ethan saw a pig rolling around in the mud.
What is: Ethan, rolling around in the mud, saw a pig.
400
Covered in cheese and pepperoni, we ate the pizza.
What is: We ate the pizza covered in cheese and pepperonie.
400
A man was eaten by a shark wearing a Speedo
-general rule
-keep adjectives close
-adverb sense
-misplaced phrases
-misplaced clauses
What is: misplaced phrase
400
This continent is closest to Tasmania
What is: Australia
500
Griffin could not work on the project on vacation
What is: On vacation, Griffin could not work on the project.
Or: Griffin, on vacation, could not work on the project.
500
I almost failed every class I took.
*Meaning he passed every class by close margin, re-modify to mean he did not pass most of his classes.*
What is: I failed almost every class I took.
500
Everything in the town looked like miniscule toys from my airplane window.
What is: From my airplane window, everything in the town looked like minuscule toys.
500
We saw several monkeys on vacation in Mexico.
-general rule
-keep adjectives close
-adverb sense
-misplaced phrases
-misplaced clauses
What is: misplaced clause
500
This is the only animal in the world that cannot jump.