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For questions 1-5, choose the correct form of the modifier in each sentence.
Martin was sure that he was the ______ speller in the class.
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worse |
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worst |
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Having leaned back in his chair, the lawyer began reading the fine print of the contract very ______. |
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slow |
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slowly |
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Norman reads ______ for a child of seven. |
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well |
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good |
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Of your two sisters, which is the ______? |
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oldest |
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older |
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The senator seemed ______ in his opposition to the proposal. |
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adamant |
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adamantly |
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| 6. |
For questions 6-10, choose the sentence in which modifiers are used correctly. |
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Frightened by our presence, the rabbit's ears perked up, and its nose twitched. |
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Frightened by our presence, the rabbit perked up its ears and twitched its nose. |
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To interpret this poem, one needs a knowledge of mythology. |
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To interpret this poem, a knowledge of mythology is needed. |
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Lois projected the photographs on a large screen that she had taken at the zoo. |
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Lois projected the photographs that she had taken at the zoo on a large screen. |
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My aunt had finally mastered the art of making stuffed cabbage, filled with a sense of accomplishment. |
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Filled with a sense of accomplishment, my aunt had finally mastered the art of making stuffed cabbage. |
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| 10. |
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Before moving to Sacramento, they had lived in Pittsburgh for ten years. |
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Before moving to Sacramento, Pittsburgh had been their home for ten years. |
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| 11. |
The sentences for questions 11-20 form a paragraph. Many of the sentences contain at least one error in the use of modifiers. Identify whether each numbered sentence a) correctly uses modifying words or phrases or b) incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases.
Before the 1800's, much about life in ancient Egypt was unknown because nobody could read Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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| 12. |
Then a black stone found in the Nile delta gave Egyptology more publicity than it had ever had before. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Found in 1799 near a village called Rosetta, archaeologists called the slab the Rosetta Stone. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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The slab was inscribed across its polished surface with three bands of writing, each in a different language: hieroglyphics on the top, another unknown language in the middle, and Greek on the bottom. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Scholars could almost read all the Greek writing, which stated that each of the three bands contained the same decree in honor of Ptolomy V. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Full of excitement, it was hoped by archaeologists that they could use the Greek part to figure out the hieroglyphics. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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But progress in translating the individual hieroglyphics went very slow. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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| 18. |
Until this time, archaeologists thought that each symbol stood for a whole word. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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However, a French scholar working on the Rosetta Stone named Jean Francois Champollion wondered why it took more hieroglyphic symbols than Greek words to write the same message. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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He correctly guessed that certain symbols stand for parts of words, and after working hard for twenty years, many of the signs were proved to stand for sounds. |
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Correctly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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Incorrectly uses modifying words or phrases. |
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