Identifying Misplaced Modifiers

Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.”

For help with this exercise, see section 23b of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - Made of bricks, the third little pig felt safe in his house.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - With her big teeth, Red Riding Hood hardly recognized her grandmother.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - The tortoise defeated the hare in the race moving slowly and steadily.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - Finding his bowl empty, the baby bear asked for more porridge.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - Cinderella wept over missing the ball at the palace left behind in a ragged dress.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - Pinocchio’s nose proved that he had told a lie growing longer every minute.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - The princess could not sleep at all with a pea under her mattress.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - After rubbing the lamp three times, a genie appeared to Aladdin.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - Having slept for twenty years, Rip van Winkle did not recognize anyone he met.

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    Identifying Misplaced Modifiers: Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a misplaced modifier. Identify the misplaced modifier and the word or words that it is supposed to modify. Answers will appear as follows: misplaced modifier / phrase / word or words meant to be modified. If the sentence does not contain a misplaced modifier, choose “Correct.” - Lost and hungry, the gingerbread house looked delicious to Hansel and Gretel.