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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 3 InteractiveMisplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 3 Interactive
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 3

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Are you looking for resources to supplement your grammar lesson? Use this lesson on misplaced and/or dangling modifiers in writing. Middle schoolers complete twenty multiple choice questions where they must find the sentence that has no misplaced or dangling modifier.

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dangling modifiers, Grammar, misplaced modifiers

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dangling modifiers, misplaced modifiers, l.7.1., english language arts
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4th - 7th
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English Language Arts
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