Wintertime Misplaced Modifiers

Keep your sentences clear and concise by correcting misplaced modifiers! In part one of this worksheet, students must rewrite each sentence to correct the underlined misplaced modifier. In part two, learners must underline the misplaced modifier, then revise the sentence to read correctly.

This worksheet, designed for a seventh- and eighth-grade curriculum, will help young writers develop editing, grammar, and revision skills. Identifying and correcting misplaced modifiers can strengthen students’ understanding of how sentence structure affects meaning and clarity. This knowledge can also empower students to look for this error and correct it in their own writing.

Keep practicing with Identifying Misplaced Modifiers and Identify Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers #1.