Grammar Review Worksheet on Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers with Answer Key

Reinforce the conventions of academic and workplace writing with this editable grammar review worksheet on misplaced and dangling modifiers. This activity helps middle and high school English teachers quickly gather formative data on students’ pre-existing skills, making it suitable as a back-to-school/beginning-of-year assessment. It may be especially helpful as an intervention tool for addressing significant skill deficits. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By completing this activity, students will demonstrate an ability to:

• Identify and avoid misplaced adjectives
• Identify and avoid misplaced adverbs
• Identify and avoid misplaced phrases
• Identify and avoid misplaced clauses
• Identify and avoid dangling gerund phrases
• Identify and avoid dangling participle phrases
• Identify and avoid dangling infinitive phrases
• Identify and avoid dangling elliptical phrases
• Make corrections to poorly phrased sentences to resolve issues of clarity and logic