Grammar Workshop - Misplaced Modifiers

Question 1

modifier

Answer 1

• modify the noun next to which it placed

- misplaced modifiers: modifiers that modify the wrong work or seem to modify more than one word in a sentence

Question 2

in which sentence is the modifier placed correctly

Answer 2

• At bedtime Jen realized she hadn’t studied for her test the next day
• she got an A for effort and B for content on the final exam
• most great innovators are recognized after their deaths for their contributions
• her parents bought a new house with a big front porch down the street
• the horse, with golden mane streaming, galloped over to the hay