Modifier

Which word is being modified?

• costume

• large

• cardboard

• original

Which word is being modified?
Linguistics, as I learned recently, is the study of languages.

• languages

• study

• learned

• linguistics

Which word or phrase does the underlined word refer to? The buffalo ambled toward us slowly. Which word or phrase does slowly refer to?

• buffalo

• ambled

• toward us

Which sentence uses modifiers correctly?

• On her way home, Jane spotted her blue neighbor's house.

• On her way home, Jane spotted her neighbor's blue house.

A modifier is...

• A word or phrase that describes another word.

• The word that is being modified or described.

A modified word is...

• A word or phrase that describes another word.

• The word that is being modified or described.

A misplaced modifier is...

• A modifier that is NOT next to the modified word in the sentence.

• A modifier, but the modified word is NOT in the sentence.

A dangling modifier is...

• A modifier that is NOT NEXT to the modified word in the sentence.

• A modifer, but the modified word is NOT in the sentence.

After watching the news, the new virus doesn't seem as dangerous as it once was.

• Incorrect use of a modifier

• Correct use of a modifier

They failed the science test, not having studied enough the night before.

• Incorrect use of a modifier

• Correct use of a modifier