What is a modifier?
Modifiers

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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A very confusing phrase
A word, phrase, or clause that adds in extra information about another part of the sentence
A grammatical mistake
A misleading sentence
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?
The Los Angeles police regretfully reported last month that three buildings had been robbed.
According to news reports by the Los Angeles police last month, three buildings were robbed.
Last month, the Los Angeles police reported that three buildings had been robbed.
Three buildings were reported robbed by the Los Angeles police last month.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which word is being modified?
costume
large
cardboard
original
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which word is being modified?
Linguistics, as I learned recently, is the study of languages.
languages
study
learned
linguistics
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of modifier is the selected word in the following sentence? The huge turtle with the green shell blinked sleepily.
adjective
adverb
prepositional phrase (adjective)
prepositional phrase (adverb)
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A(n) ___ is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies (or describes) another word and adds detail to a sentence.
verb
modifier
adjective
adverb
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Is the prepositional phrase in the sentence an adjective or an adverb phrase?
Do you like swimming in the ocean?
adjective
adverb
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