Parts of Speech and Modifiers

Question 1

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “on the ice”?

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After dinner, we all went skating on the ice.

Question 2

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “with the shaggy fur”?

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We laughed at the dog with the shaggy fur who was catching the ball.

Question 3

Read the sentence.We saw shiny, new tire rims on his car.Choose the correct part of speech for the underlined word.

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adjective

Question 4

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “on the tree”?

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The leaves on the tree grew quickly during the summer.

Question 5

A student wrote the following sentence.Keiko handed her castle project to her teacher that was late.

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Keiko handed her late castle project to her teacher.

Question 6

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “with bright red hair”?

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The large clown with bright red hair was driving the tiny car.

Question 7

Read the sentence.Swinging through the air, the children were delighted by the acrobats on the stage.

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“Swinging through the air”

Question 8

A student wrote the following sentence.Shareese’s grandmother came to her graduation from Texas.How can the student best correct the misplaced modifier in her sentence?

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She can place the phrase “from Texas” after the word “grandmother.”

Question 9

Read the sentence.The endangered Borneo pygmy elephant lives contentedly in Malaysia.Which word in the sentence is an example of an adverb?

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contentedly

Question 10

A word that describes how two words relate to each other in a sentence is

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a preposition.

Parts of Speech and Modifiers Answers

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