PREPOSITIONS, HOMOPHONES, MODIFIERS

Homophones

100

A homophone is a..

word that sounds like another word, but is spelled differently and has a different meaning.

200

Correctly spell and define each form of the homophone "there"

They're - they are Their - shows ownership There - a location or point

300

Write a sentence that has three pairs of homophones. Explain each.

Judge's Decision

Prepositions

100

Prepositions indicate one of three things:

Time Location Introduction of the object of a verb

200

Identify the preposition(s) and their/its indication in the sentence below: After the rain fell on the gloomy city, Jeremy tucked himself into bed.

After - time on - location into - location

300

Write a sentence that has a preposition indicating TIME and LOCATION.

JUDGE'S DECISION

Modifiers

100

Modifiers are words that...

add information/detail to another word

200

List 2 examples of modifiers:

adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, clauses

300

Explain the difference between a dangling modifier and a misplaced modifier

A dangling modifier occurs when the "doer" or subject of the action doesn't agree with the action. A misplaced modifier occurs when the modifier is improperly separated from the word/phrase it's modifying.

SPOT IT

100

Identify the dangling modifier in the sentence below. How do you know?

After going for a walk, the door opened and Mary fell inside the house.

200

Is the modifier error below dangling or misplaced? How do you know? The stream flowed down the chilly, fish-filled shore.

chilly, fish-filled- misplaced modifier

300

Read the modifier error below: To improve his results, the experiment was tried again. * What is the modifier? * What's actually being modified? * What's intended? * Rewrite

To improve - prepositional phrase - the results - but the doer is the experiment - To improve his results, he tried the experiment again