• Dangling participles

• Misplaced participles

• Verbals

• NOTE: Modifiers may be words, phrases, or clauses; adjectives and adverbs (adjectival and adverbial phrases and clauses)

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) Using a list, students highlight modifiers in a newspaper article or other written material. 
(I) Students copy highlighted modifiers and the words they modify from written material. 
(T) Students correct incorrect modifiers or add modifiers to simple sentences. 
See also Comparative & Superlative Quiz and Activities for ESL Students for more grammar activities and quizzes. 

The Misplaced Modifier
(T) Cooperative lesson students work in pairs and whole class identifying and correcting misplaced modifiers

Nouns as Modifiers
(I, T) Activity is an online self-checking multiple choice quiz students use each noun as a modifier

Grammar Handbook: Misplaced Modifiers
(I, T) Handout explains what a misplaced modifier is and how to correct the problem

Grammar Handbook: Dangling Modifiers
(I, T) Handout explains what a dangling modifier is and how to correct the problem

Dangling Modifiers and How To Correct Them
(I, T) Handout explains what a dangling modifier is and how to correct the problem

OWL: Dangling Modifiers
(I, T) Color-coded handout demonstrates the concept of dangling modifiers including sentence examples and strategies for revising dangling modifiers

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