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1. When grocery shopping, _____ Which of the following best completes the sentence above?
2. Choose the corrected misplaced modifier sentence:Dressed in a flowing gown, everyone watched the celebrity enter the room.
3. Choose the correct misplaced modifier in the sentence below. I didn't even make one mistake on the midterm test.
4. What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?When running, it is important to breathe through your nose.
5. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-With a sigh of dissappointment, the dress was returned to the rack.
6. Which word is being modified in the following sentence? "Daniel really admired the famous football player, Peyton Manning.
7. The man walked the dog in a pinstriped suit.
8. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Hungry for dinner, the surface is where Gert the goldfish waited in anticipation of food flakes.
9. Correct or incorrect?Being very shy, strangers easily frighten my little sister, Maggie.
10. Although best known for his books that passionately defend local and organic food, Michael Pollan has written on other topics as well.
11. Once inside the glider, Cayley gave the machine a hard shove.
12. It is usually a phrase, frequently found at the beginning of a sentence, which refers to a word that is not actually stated in the sentence at all.
13. What is the misplaced modifier shown in the sentence below? The man bought a tie at the department store with yellow and blue stripes?
14. In correcting dangling modifiers, sometimes the _____ of the verb must be changed. The original tense of the verb must be kept, however.
15. What word is not a certain single word modifier?
16. While tuning the radio, the car swerved dangerously toward a telephone pole.
17. Covered with mushrooms, sausage, and extra cheese, Morgan eagerly bit into the enormous slice of pizza.
18. Sir George Cayley invented the first successful glider, but he was not the first to fly it. After he designed several experimental models, Cayley's coachman was chosen to be the first glider pilot.
19. Muffled in heavy clothing, the hike up the mountain was tiring.
20. Someone in your class called and left (his, their) phone number.
21. Choose the best way to correct the sentence:Crawling up the wall, my grandmother saw the tarantula and screamed.
22. Hot and tired, cold water was what the team needed.
23. Looking out the window, a remarkable sight appeared.
24. Where should the red modifier be placed? Ringing, everyone glared at the man with the cell phone.
25. Until I saw the lions at the zoo, I didn't believe that they had such powerful legs.
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