Parts of Speech and Modifiers

Question 1

Which of the sentences contains a misplaced modifier?

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We served cake to children in silver bowls.

Question 2

Use the drop-down menus to identify words within the passage as nouns, pronouns, or verbs.

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✔ noun; Michael ran home as soon as he finished his dinner. Before we could even say goodbye, he was out the door.: noun; Michael ran home as soon as he finished his dinner. Before we could even say goodbye, he was out the door.: verb; Michael ran home as soon as he finished his dinner. Before we could even say goodbye, he was out the door.: pronoun; Michael ran home as soon as he finished his dinner. Before we could even say goodbye, he was out the door.: preposition

Question 3

Use the drop-down menus to identify the modifiers and the words being modified.

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Everyone recognized Tara's yellow coat .: modifier; Everyone recognized Tara's yellow coat .: word being modified; Patrick heard his mother speak loudly .: word being modified; Patrick heard his mother speak loudly .: modifier; They all agreed that Jenny's dad made the best hamburgers .: modifier; They all agreed that Jenny's dad made the best hamburgers .: word being modified

Question 4

nounpronoun✔ verbpreposition

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✔ verb

Question 5

modifier✔ word being modified

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✔ word being modified

Question 6

noun✔ pronounverbpreposition

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✔ pronoun

Question 7

modifier✔ word being modified

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✔ word being modified

Question 8

nounpronounverb✔ preposition

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✔ preposition

Question 9

✔ modifierword being modified

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✔ modifier

Question 10

nounpronounverb✔ preposition

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✔ preposition

Parts of Speech and Modifiers Answers

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