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1. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Sheila watched Desmond stuff his mouth with a cupcake frosted with vanilla icing.
2. Correct or incorrect?They trudged along the bank of the river, hungry and exhausted.
3. When only five years old, my father took me to see my first Dodger game.
4. Find the dangling modifier in the sentence below. Out of money, my only choice was to borrow from a friend.
5. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? To finish by the 3 p.m. deadline, the computer keyboard sang with Sylvia's flying fingers.
6. Left alone in the house, the thunderstorm terrified him.
7. Where does the phrase "with the flat tire" belong in the sentence below? You should take the bicycle to the repair shop down the street with the flat tire.
8. Is the sentence below the corrected version of the misplaced modifier? The robin built a nest of grass and string at the back of our house.
9. As a member of the Super Bowl champion Patriots, Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski connected for two touchdowns in the big game.
10. Correct or incorrect?The surly customer demanded the waiter, a new employee, immediately get the manager.
11. In the captain's chair of my boat, the waves caused a bumpy ride.
12. Correct or incorrect?The child on the bike, the blonde one, is my son.
13. Where does the clause 'with red hair' go in the following sentence? "We took the twins to Disney World."
14. Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence below:Expecting rain, the umbrella was propped up against the wall.
15. What are dangling modifiers?
16. Trevor gave a sculpture to his girlfriend that he had carved out of soap.
17. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Rapping the pencil on the edge of the desk, the fourth cause of the French Revolution would not come to mind.
18. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-Having finished the assignment, Jill turned on the TV.
19. Proud of Mike's accomplishment, I bought him new shoes.
20. At the age of six, my mother sang hymns to me.
21. "Celia grabbed the food for the dogs from the pantry."Which of these is the best way to revise the sentence above to make it clear and effective?
22. Which of these sentences does NOT contain a misplaced modifier or dangling modifier?
23. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.6. While walking to work, a car flew through a red light.
24. What is the single-word modifier shown in the sentence below? Christie sneezed almost fifteen times last evening.
25. What is the modifier shown in the sentence below? Sitting in the dentist's chair, the sound of the drill awakened Larry's old fears.
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