Transcript Misplaced Modifiers

Misplaced Modifiers
The student will manipulate sentence
structure in order to avoid misplaced
modifiers to ensure clarity. [4c2]
What is a “Modifier”?
• a word or word group that makes the
meaning of another word or word group
more specific.
• two kinds of modifiers:
– adjectives
• (modify nouns and pronouns)
– adverbs
• (modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs)
One-Word Modifiers
• If a word in the predicate modifies the
subject of the verb, use an adjective.
– The cantor’s voice was beautiful.
• If it modifies the verb, use an adverb.
– The cantor sang beautifully.
Practice
• English I: workbook p. 191 (1-5),
190 (1-5), 192 (1-5)
• English II: workbook p. 194
Misplaced Modifiers
• A word or phrase that seems to modify the
wrong word or word group is a misplaced
modifier.
– I played with my pet dog in my Sunday suit.
(incorrect)
– I played in my Sunday suit with my pet dog. (correct)
• To correct misplaced modifiers, move the modifying word or
phrase directy before or after the word it modifies.
Practice
• 1. On her way home, Jan found a gold man’s
watch.
• 2. We ate the lunch that we had bought slowly.
• 3. The dealer sold the Cadillac to the buyer with
leather seats.
• 4. They saw a fence behind the house made of
barbed wire.
Practice
• English I: workbook p. 207
• English II: workbook p. 209
Homework
• English I: textbook p. 588, Exercise 12 (110). Write the sentences.
• English II: textbook p. 629, Exercise 7 (110). Write the sentences.