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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 3

For Students 4th - 7th
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...
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 4

For Students 4th - 6th
Teachers who are looking for resources to supplement their teaching of misplaced and/or dangling modifiers in writing should enjoy this worksheet, and the interactive activities embedded in the sheet. Students complete twenty multiple...
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 7th - 9th
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...
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Misplaced Modifiers

For Students 6th - 9th
Misplaced modifiers can alter the meaning of a sentence, and take away from a writer's intended message. Use the reference sheet and activity to show middle schoolers how to edit confusing sentences with misplaced modifiers. A great...
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Misplaced Modifier

For Students 7th
Learners may giggle as they read some of the questions on this worksheet which features the perils of incorrect placement of a modifier. In this ten-question activity, 7th graders read three sentences to determine which one makes sense.
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Dangling Modifiers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
You don't want to leave your modifier dangling! Using this worksheet, you can help students on their way to understanding how to modify sentences and to eliminate dangling modifiers.
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Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

For Students 8th - 10th
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.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 2

For Students 4th - 6th
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...
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 7th - 12th
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.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 7th - 8th
Challenge your students with this activity on misplaced and dangling modifiers. This 20 question worksheet could be used after a lesson on this topic to cement students' understanding.
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Misplaced Modifiers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students read 10 sentences that all contain modifiers. If the modifiers are not in the correct position, students re-write the sentences.
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Adverb Phrases: Shortening Clauses to Modifying Phrases

For Students 5th - 10th
Work on modifying phrases and improving writing technique with this worksheet. Young grammarians shorten clauses by modifying phrases to complete the sentences. They complete 16 sentences for practice. Scroll to the bottom of the page to...
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Sentence Problems

For Students 8th - 10th
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...
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Modifying Adjective and Adverbs Exercise

For Students 6th - 7th
In this modifiers worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 24 sentences by choosing the correct adjective or adverb modifier: far, just about, nearly, or slightly.
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Sentence Variety and Modifier Placement

For Students 6th - 8th
In this sentence variety worksheet, middle schoolers learn that modifier placement can make sentences more interesting. Students read 10 sentences and add an initial, mid-sentence or terminal modifier as directed. This is an on-line...
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Breaking News English: Waterproof Genetically-Modified Rice

For Students 5th - 10th
In this waterproof genetically modified rice worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer...
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Misplaced and Dangling Participles

For Students 6th - 8th
Help! I’ve misplaced my modifier! Misplaced modifiers and dangling participles are the subject of a worksheet that first defines basic terms and then offers examples of correct usage. Armed with this information, young grammarians attack...
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Christmas Modifiers: Change the Adjective to an Adverb

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Incorporate a grammar lesson into your winter holidays celebration by asking class members to change the adjectives in sentences into adverbs. You'll be amazed how quickly learners catch on.
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Language--Modifier Phrases

For Students 4th - 5th
In this modifier phrases activity, students rewrite 5 sentences correcting the dangling modifiers in each one and combine 5 pairs of sentences into one sentence by using a modifier phrase.
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Noun Modifiers

For Students 5th - 8th
In this nouns to modifiers learning exercise, students choose the correct word to complete the sentence by changing the noun to a modifier. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Compound Modifiers

For Students 5th - 7th
For this sentences worksheet, students complete an on-line interactive page in which 8 halves of sentences are matched to the correct endings. All sentences have a compound modifier.
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Modifying Words

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students read a piece of text and practice modifying fourteen words to grammatically complete the paragraphs correctly.
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Vocabulary Review: Nouns and Modifiers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary skills activity, students review nouns and their modifiers as they respond to 8 multiple choice questions.
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Adverbs That Modify Adjectives

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this adverb and adjectives worksheet, students read ten sentences, underline the adverb in each sentence and write the word it modifies after the end of the sentence. Students study the first one done for them.

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