Misplaced\Dangling Modifiers
Misplaced\Dangling Modifiers
Classifying Sentence Functions
Types of Sentences
Run-On Sentences\Fragments
100
The man was stopped for speeding in the blue sweater.
What is a misplaced modifier? (in the blue sweater)
100
I watched the mechanic fix the car with admiration.
What is a misplaced modifier?
100
The World Cup is the most famous international soccer competition
What is a declarative sentence?
100
Country music is played all over the country, but ts root are in the Appalachian region.
What is a compound sentence?
100
The Great Sphinx is in Giza, it is called the Father of Terror because of its size and location.
What is a run-on sentence?
200
Driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache.
What is a dangling modifier? (Driving in heavy traffic)
200
I earn fifty dollars a week scarcely.
What is a misplaced modifier?
200
I want to know right now
What is an exclamatory sentence?
200
Teenage girls in the audience often screamed while Elvis Presley performed on stage.
What is a complex sentence?
200
Imagine standing next to the Great Sphinx, it is sixty six feet tall.
What is a run-on sentence?
300
Feeling nervous, nails were bitten.
What is a dangling modifier?
300
Crossing the border, my bags were searched.
What is a dangling modifier?
300
Look up Uruguay in the encyclopedia
What is an imperative sentence?
300
The new sound became popular with college students and intellectuals.
What is a simple sentence?
300
Gods of truth, learning, and craftsmanship
What is a fragment?
400
Laughing hysterically, the joke was repeated. (Correct the dangling or misplaced modifier.)
What is a dangling modifier? (What is While I was laughing hysterically, the joke was repeated.)
400
Expecting confusion, our plans were made. (Correct the dangling or misplaced modifiers.)
What is dangling modifier? (While expecting confusion, our plans were made.)
400
Pound the stakes in the ground correctly (Also, apply the correct punctuation.)
What is an imperative sentence? (What is a period?)
400
Though Presley was very popular, several other singers sold just as many records. (Identify the independent and dependent clauses, as well as the subjects and verbs in each clause.)
What is a complex sentence? What is "Through Presley was very popular" (dependent clause)? What is "Several other singers sold just as many records" (independent clause)? What is Presley and was? What is singers and sold?
400
While walking in the park,
What is a fragment?
500
She vowed on her birthday to go on a diet. (Correct the dangling or misplaced modifier.)
What is a misplaced modifier? (She vowed to go on a diet on her birthday.)
500
Larry told me he was getting married that afternoon at night.
What is a misplaced modifier? (What is That afternoon, Larry told me he was getting married at night.)
500
How many people can play at one time (Also, apply the correct punctuation.)
What is an interrogative sentence? (What is a question mark?)
500
When singers perform on stage, people in the audience sing along with them. (Identify the independent and dependent clauses, as well as the subjects and verbs in each clause.)
What is "When singers perform on stage" (dependent clause)? "What is People in the audience sing along with them" (independent clause)? What is singers and perform? What is people and sing?
500
The Nile flooded its valley every year, there was even a god of the Nile flood. (Correct the run-on sentence or fragment.)
What is a run-on sentence? (The Nile flooded its valley every year, and there was even a god of the Nile flood.)
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