Dangling modifiers
This type of modifier has no clear word to modify.
What is a dangling modifier
This type of modifier is too far from the word it should modify.
What is a misplaced modifier?
Which sentence correctly places the adverb "only"?
what is B (He took only the book from the shelf.)
Identify the dangling modifier: "After finishing the school work, the video game was turned on."
What is "the video game was turned on"? (The phrase "After finishing the homework" dangles because it's unclear who finished the homework.)
Fix this sentence: “He almost drove the car for three hours.”
What is “He drove the car for almost three hours”?
Correct this sentence: He quickly finished the assignment in the library.
What is: He finished the assignment quickly in the library. (Adverb placement is important for clarity.)
Correct this sentence: “Jogging down the street, the tree caught my attention.”
What is “Jogging down the street, I noticed the tree”?
Identify the misplaced modifier: “She almost saw every movie in the theater.”
What is "almost"? (It should be "She saw almost every movie in the theater.")
Identify where the adverb “too” should go in this sentence: I ate too much at the party.
What is after “ate”? (Corrected: I ate too much at the party.)
True or False: “Hoping to get a decent grade, the test was simple for her.”
What is False? The phrase "Hoping to get a decent grade" is modifying the subject "she," not the test.
Fix the misplaced modifier: “We found a dog on our walk, looking tired.”
What is “On our walk, we found a dog looking tired"?
True or False: The placement of modifiers can change the meaning of a sentence entirely.
What is True?
Correct this sentence: "After eating the donut, the phone rang."
What is “After eating the donut, I heard the phone ring”?
Correct this sentence: "The teacher explained the lesson to the students with great enthusiasm."
What is “The teacher with great enthusiasm explained the lesson to the students"?
What is the best place for an adverb in the sentence "She sings beautifully every day"?
What is before the verb “sings” (Corrected: She beautifully sings every day is incorrect).