Question

Directions: Write simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex to identify the sentence type.

1. A knight’s training began early in life, and it ended in the knight’s teenage years.

_______________

2. Jousts kept knights in great condition for real battles. ______________

3. When spectators attended jousts, they often rooted for a favorite knight.________________

4. Although joust often ended in bloodshed, the matches were a popular part of life, and

townspeople regularly gathered to watch these events. _______________

5. Jousting competitions were usually part of larger tournament that included other events as well.

__________________

L.7.1c- Misplaced Modifiers

Directions: Underline or highlight the misplaced modifier in the sentences below.

1. My cousin Rob told us while he ate where he and Josh had camped.

2. Rob had taken my nine-year- old brother camping, who is in college.

3. Rob had photos of the lovely lake on his phone near their campsite.

4. We put a drawing of the lake on his phone near their campsite.

Directions: Read the sentence below. Then decide whether or not it contains a misplaced or dangling

modifier or no error. Circle your answer choice.

1. Emma Sue was delighted when Mr. Nguyen returned her perfect calculus test with an ear-to- eat

grin.

A. Dangling

B. Misplaced

C. No error

2. Scrubbing the tile grout with bleach and an old tooth brush, the mildew stains began to fade.

A. Dangling

B. Misplaced

C. No Error

3. To finish by the 3 p.m. deadline, the computer keyboard sang with Sylvia’s flying fingers.

A. Dangling
B. misplaced
C. no error

Answer 1

1. Compound

2. Simple

3. Complex

4. Compound-complex

5. Complex

_________

1. while he ate

This modifier should be at the beginning of the sentence.

2. who is in college

This modifier should be immediately after Rob, between commas.

3.near the campsite

This modifier should be immediately after "the lovely lake".

4. near the campsite

Again, this modifier is related to the lake, not to the phone.

1. There is a spelling error or a typo. The grin should be described as "ear-to-ear", not as "ear-to-eat". There ar no dangling or misplaced modifiers.

2. Dangling

3. Dangling