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Grade 9 Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Worksheet with Answers

Grade 9 (US) · Year 10 (UK) · Class 9 (India) · English

Unit 1: Grammar & UsageUsage Review

Finding describing words and phrases in the wrong place and fixing them. This free high school worksheet has 11 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

Grade 9 · English

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Learning goal: Usage Review

Directions: This worksheet has 3 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

RememberClear sentences

Misplaced modifier ✗I saw a dog running to school.✓ Running to school, I saw a dog.Parallelism ✗I like to swim, biking and to run.✓ I like swimming, biking and running.Active voiceThe dog chased the ball.(the subject does the action)Passive voiceThe ball was chased by the dog.(the action is done to the subject)
Part A

Which phrase is misplaced?

  1. 1

    The boy fed the cat wearing a raincoat.

  2. 2

    She served cake to the kids on paper plates.

  3. 3

    We saw a deer driving down the road.

Part B

Rewrite clearly:

  1. 4

    Covered in mud, Mom washed the dog.

  2. 5

    Hanging on the wall, I saw a painting.

  3. 6

    Barking loudly, the mailman ran from the dog.

Part C

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 7

    Which phrase is dangling? 'Walking into the room, the lights turned on.'

  2. 8

    Which word is misplaced? 'She almost ate the whole pizza.' vs 'She ate almost the whole pizza.' Which means she ate most of it?

  3. 9

    Which phrase is dangling? 'After finishing the test, the bell rang.'

  4. 10

    Which phrase is misplaced? 'I saw a dog running to school.' (Who was running?)

  5. 11

    What is a dangling modifier?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Unscramble the letters: OSEHR (clue: an animal you can ride)

How did I do?

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.wearing a raincoat
  2. 2.on paper plates
  3. 3.driving down the road
  4. 4.Mom washed the dog, which was covered in mud.
  5. 5.I saw a painting hanging on the wall.
  6. 6.The mailman ran from the dog, which was barking loudly.
  7. 7.Walking into the room
  8. 8.She ate almost the whole pizza.
  9. 9.After finishing the test
  10. 10.running to school
  11. 11.a describing phrase with no clear word to describe in the sentence
  12. ★horse (challenge corner)

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