I'm going to the Saturn Café for a vegetarian burger.
Pick out the modifier:
Saturn
Vegetarian
Burger
When a modifier is ambiguously or illogically modifying a word, we consider it a __________ modifier.
Misplaced
Dangling
Pre-dangling
Which of the following sentence is correct?
Hearing the good news, I was happy.
Hearing the good news, happy I was.
Hearing the good news, mine was happy.
Worn out by a long walk, she fainted. Here ‘worn out’ is a ______.
Present participle
Dangling participle
Adverb
A misplaced modifier is a modifier that is in the wrong place.
True
False
The patient was referred to a physician with stomach pains.
Correct the sentence:
The patient with stomach pains was referred to the physician.
With stomach pains, the patient was referred to a physician.
The patient was referred with stomach pains to the physician.
As Jane was riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by rapidly.
What type of modifier is this?
Adverb modifier
Changing modifier
Dangling modifier
Guess the type of modifier:
She wore a bicycle helmet that was too large on her head.
Adjective modifier
Participle modifier
Misplaced modifier
A ________ modifier is one that is placed between two words that it could modify.
Dangling
Squinting
Misplaced
Which of the following is not a dangling modifier?
Expecting rain, Nancy propped the umbrella against the wall.
After leaving the office, Howard was startled when a cat jumped right in front of him.
Holding the mail in one hand, the door was locked.
A dangling modifier is a word or clause that appropriately relates to the word it modifies.
True
False
Choose the correct sentence: Having finished applications, the celebration began.
There is no error in the original sentence.
Having finished the applications, Hugo began the celebration.
Having finished the applications, it was time to begin the celebrations.
Pick the appropriate location for this modifier: 'Eating banana pancakes'
The couple _______ watched the rain falling from the sky.
The couple watched the rain _______ falling from the sky.
The couple watched the rain falling from the sky ________.
Modifiers can be divided into two types based on their _______.
Words
Functions
Modification
__________ are the modifiers that come after the words they modify.
Post-modifiers
Pre-modifiers
Dangling modifiers
Alex bought a chocolate cake yesterday. From the given phrase, find the right explanation:
An adjective that modifies a noun
Noun modifies an adverb
An adverb that modifies the verb
Wearing a deerstalker hat, the murderer was caught by Sherlock Holmes.
What type of modifier is this?
Misplaced modifier
Dangling modifier
Which of the following sentence uses the modifier correctly?
The kids quickly ate the modifier correctly.
I only have one day to get this report finished.
Plunging into the water, he rescued the child drowning.
Which sentence uses the modifier correctly?
Just Lincoln was selected for the team.
Lincoln was just selected for the team.
Lincoln just was selected for the team.
Complete the sentence with an appropriate choice:
Walking through forest,_____________.
The moon was seen above the trees by the traveler.
The path of the traveler was moonlit.
The traveler saw the moon above the trees.
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