Modifiers Test

1. MODIFIERS
1. True or false? A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that describes a word or makes its meaning
more specific.
A. True
B. False
2. Select the modifier.
I know a postman .
3. What type of modifier is text in bold?
Leave the room quietly.
A. An adjective
B. An adverb
4. What type of modifier is text in bold?
Leave the room quietly.
A. A determiner
B. An adverb
C. An adverbial clause
5. Select the one with a squinting modifier:

2. A. Polishing gradually improves the surface.
B. Polishing will gradually improve the surface.
6. When a modifier is an adverb, it modifies:
A. a noun or a pronoun.
B. a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
7. Select the one with a prepositional-phrase modifier:
A. Don't tell me what to do.
B. He's got a face like a box of frogs.
8. Select the one with a dangling modifier:
A. Having seen the sign, he slowed down.
B. Seeing the sign, the car slowed to 30 mph.
9. Select the second modifier functioning as an adverb.
Katy supposedly did her homework before the party .
10. Select the one with a single-word modifier:
A. He adores blue cheese.

3. B. He adores cheese that smells.
11. Modifiers function as:
A. adjectives or adverbs.
B. conjunctions or prepositions.
12. Select the most appropriate version.
A. In the morning, the team will arrive.
B. In the morning the team will arrive.
13. What type of modifier is text in bold?
If you go outside, your coffee will freeze in a minute.
A. An adverbial clause
B. An adverbial phrase
C. An adjective clause
14. What type of modifier is text in bold?
If you go outside, your coffee will freeze in a minute.
A. An adverbial clause
B. An adverbial phrase

4. C. An adjective clause
15. What type of modifier is text in bold?
The boy who lives next door is on the radio.
A. An adverbial clause
B. An adjective clause
C. An adjective phrase