Modifiers and Prefixes

Identify the Modifier

100

The type of modifier that modifies verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

What is an adverb?

200

What is the modifier in this sentence? This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

This is the beginning of a (beautiful) friendship.

300

What is the modifier in this sentence? Sylvia bakes delicious cakes.

Sylvia bakes (delicious) cakes.

400

The type of modifier that modifies a person, place or thing (noun)

What is an adjectives

500

Identify the modifiers in this sentence: The yellow blocks were arranged in a straight line.

The (yellow) blocks were arranged in a (straight) line.

Dangling Modifiers

100

Fix the dangling modifier: Lying in the corner of the room, Daphne found her dirty laundry.

Correct revision: Daphne found her dirty laundry lying in the corner of the room.

200

Fix the dangling modifier: Hoping to excuse my lateness, the note was written and given to my teacher.

Correct revision: Hoping to excuse my lateness, I wrote a note and gave it to my teacher.

300

Fix the dangling modifier: Hungry, the pizza was devoured.

Correct revision: Hungry, we devoured the pizza.

400

Fix the dangling modifier: Rummaging through her handbag, the license was not found.

Correct Revision: Rummaging through her handbag, Lisa could not find her license.

500

Fix the dangling modifier: With a sigh of disappointment, the dress was returned to the store.

Correct revision: With a sigh of disappointment, Naomi returned the dress to the store.

prefixes

100

The meaning of the prefix re

What is again?

200

The meaning of the prefix anti

What is against?

300

The meaning of the prefix dis

What is not or opposite?

400

Meaning of the prefix ex

What is former?

500

Meaning of the prefix mis as in misunderstand

What is wrongly or not?

Misplaced Modifiers

100

Fix the misplaced modifier: I ate only vegetables.

Revision: I only ate vegetables.

200

I almost failed every math class I took.

Revision: I failed almost every math class I took.

300

Fix the misplaced modifier: The jacket was just too small in the store.

Revision: The jacket in the store was just too small.

400

Fix the misplaced modifier: She served cookies to the children on paper plates.

Revision: She served the children cookies on paper plates.

500

Fix the misplaced modifier: Alex saw a puppy on the way to the store.

Revision: On her way to the store, Alex saw a puppy.

Surprise!

100

Fix the misplaced modifier: The bank was reported robbed by the San Antonio Police last week.

Revision: Last week, the San Antonio Police reported that the bank was robbed.

200

A word or letter placed before another word to change its meaning

What is prefix?

300

Fix the dangling modifier: After playing soccer all evening, my English report did not get finished.

Revision: Because I played soccer all evening, my English report did not get finished.

400

Identify the modifier in the sentence: The pretty girl.

The (pretty) girl.

500

Name we give words that help describe nouns, action verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

What are modifiers?