Modifying

True or false?

A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that describes a word or makes its meaning more specific.

• True

• False

Select the modifier.

I know a postman.

• I

• know

• a

• postman

What type of modifier is the bold text?

Leave the room quietly.

• An adjective

• An adverb

What type of modifier is the bold word?

Leave the room quietly.

• A determiner

• An adverb

• An adverbial clause

When a modifier is an adverb, it modifies:

• a noun or a pronoun

• a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Select the one with a prepositional-phrase modifier:

• Don't tell me what to do.

• He's got a face like a box of frogs.

Select the one with a single-word modifier:

• He adores blue cheese.

• He adores cheese that smells.

Modifiers function as:

• adjectives or adverbs.

• conjunctions or prepositions.

Select the most appropriate version.

• In the morning, the team will arrive.

• In the morning the team will arrive.

What type of modifier is the bold text?

If you go outside, your coffee will freeze in a minute.

• An adverbial clause

• An adverbial phrase

• An adjective clause