Curated OER
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 3
Are you looking for resources to supplement your grammar lesson? Use this lesson on misplaced and/or dangling modifiers in writing. Middle schoolers complete twenty multiple choice questions where they must find the sentence that has no...
Curated OER
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 4
Teachers who are looking for resources to supplement their teaching of misplaced and/or dangling modifiers in writing should enjoy this learning exercise, and the interactive activities embedded in the sheet. Students complete twenty...
McGraw Hill
Grammar Practice Workbook
Make sure your pupils exercise their grammar muscles with this collection of worksheets. Organized into units, the packet covers everything from the parts of speech to sentence structure to punctuation.
Curated OER
Sentence Clarity
Give your sentences more clarity by learning to avoid misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and the passive voice. Review parallel structure as well. Plenty of examples are shown, providing utmost clarity.
Curated OER
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Start by reading the information provided for both misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. The entire first page is explanation and examples-perfect for those who need extra support. On page two, you will find a short, 10-question...
Curated OER
Sentence Problems
Writing is tough to perfect. Help your class improve their writing skills by studying different sentence problems. This reference guide covers sentence fragments, run-ons, and misplaced modifiers, but that's just to start! There's a...
Curated OER
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
When reviewing the use of modifiers, this activity could be a useful tool to use. With 20 questions, highlighting a variety of misplaced or dangling modifiers, this worksheet could be a quick and easy way to go over this topic.
Curated OER
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 2
Getting tired of seeing dangling or misplaced modifiers in your students' writing? Use this grammar activity to reinforce the importance of careful reading and editing. Young writers find the sentence that has no misplaced or dangling...
Curated OER
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Practice grammar skills in this online interactive worksheet. Middle schoolers answer ten multiple choice questions regarding dangling and misplaced modifiers. They may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Dangling Modifiers
Students identify misplaced and dangling modifiers and correct these errors in their writing. They create illustrations to match the misplace and dangling modifiers.
Curated OER
Modifier Exercise
In this modifier instructional activity, students correct example sentences that contain misused modifiers. Students correct dangling and misplaced modifiers.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Modifiers
This tutorial focuses on modifiers using three slideshows: modifiers, dangling modifiers, and misplaced modifiers and printed information about adjectives and adverbs. Each slideshow defines the term, gives examples, and provides...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Towson University
Towson University: Self Teaching Unit: Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
This lesson focuses on misplaced modifiers including adjectives, adverbs, phrases, and clauses and dangling modifiers. It discusses each, provides examples, explains how to correct them, and offers links to exercises and a post-quiz.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Dangling Modifiers Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Dangling Modifiers.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Dangling Modifiers Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Dangling Modifiers.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Dangling Modifiers Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Dangling Modifiers.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Sentence Clarity Presentation
This presentation is designed to teach your students about common sentence clarity problems, including misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and passive voice, as well as strategies for combining sentences together. The twenty-nine...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Ex. 1: Recognizing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Read about misplaced modifiers, and then practice by if the modifiers in twenty sentences are placed correctly. Feedback is provided after each sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Ex 2: Misplaced/dangling Modifiers in a Long Passage
Read about misplaced modifiers, and then practice by if the modifiers in twenty sentences are placed correctly. Feedback is provided after each sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Ex. 3: Fixing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Read about misplaced modifiers, and then practice by choosing the sentences that use modifiers correctly. Feedback is provided after each sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Ex. 4: Fixing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Read about misplaced modifiers, and then practice by choosing the sentences that use modifiers correctly. Feedback is provided after each sentence.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Dangling Modifiers
This Grammarly Handbook resource clarifies the topic of dangling modifiers."How to" directions for correcting sentences with dangling modifiers are provided.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.