Correct Dangling Modifiers

Teach misplaced modifiers before dangling ones. Use the sorting sheet as a check, then finish with limiting words.

Rewrite sentences that open with a dangling ing phrase so the doer is named after the comma. A dangling modifier is an opening phrase with no doer right after the comma, so it seems to describe the wrong thing. The directions on the page read: Each sentence opens with a dangling -ing phrase. Rewrite each one on the 2 lines so the words right after the comma name who did the action. Make up a name if the sentence has none. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade sentences, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

It is a phrase or clause that sits too far from the word it describes, so the sentence seems to say something odd or untrue. The fix is to move it next to the word it describes.

It is an opening phrase with no doer right after the comma, so it seems to describe the wrong thing. Students rewrite so the words after the comma name who did the action.

A limiting word such as only, just or almost limits the word right after it. Moving it changes the meaning. Students circle where the bold word belongs to match a stated meaning.