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DANGLING MODIFIERS EXERCISE
Whether you're a native speaker of English or an advanced ESL student, these exercises will help you identify and eliminate common grammar mistakes.
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DANGLING MODIFIERS 1 - Identifying dangling modifiers
| level: Advanced
Choose whether each of the following sentences is CORRECT, or whether it has a DANGLING MODIFIER:
1. Unlike many other students, the financial aid office did not approve his application.
CORRECT
DANGLING MODIFIER
2. Unlike many other students, Jim didn't have any problems with his teachers.
DANGLING MODIFIER
CORRECT
3. Having learned Spanish in just three months, the stay in Mexico was a success.
DANGLING MODIFIER
CORRECT
4. Having learned French in just three months, Paul was as happy as he could be.
CORRECT
DANGLING MODIFIER
5. Drinking a beer, the feeling was a familiar one.
CORRECT
DANGLING MODIFIER
6. While watching a movie, people who talk loudly are really annoying.
DANGLING MODIFIER
CORRECT
7. While listening to the radio, one should always make sure that the volume is not too loud.
DANGLING MODIFIER
CORRECT
8. At the age of sixteen, I moved back to California.
DANGLING MODIFIER
CORRECT
9. Looking over the student's exam, several mistakes became evident right away.
CORRECT
DANGLING MODIFIER
10. Looking over the student's exam, the professor noticed several mistakes.
CORRECT
DANGLING MODIFIER
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