Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier "in a taxi”?

He went in a taxi to the museum where he viewed paintings.

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “on the ice”?

After dinner, we all went skating on the ice.

Valerie saw a colorful bird on her way to school.Which one has the modifier in the right place?

On her way to school, Valerie saw a colorful bird.

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “listening to music”?

Listening to music, I walked to the store.

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1
He quickly walked into the crowded theater.Which word in the sentence is a verb?
walked
quickly
He
theater
2
A word that describes how two words relate to each other in a sentence is:
adverb
preposition
adjective
pronoun
3
The endangered Borneo pygmy elephant lives contentedly in Malaysia.Which word is an adverb?
contentedly
lives
endangered
elephant
4
Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier "in a taxi”?
He went to the museum where he viewed paintings in a taxi.
He went in a taxi to the museum where he viewed paintings.
He went to the museum where in a taxi he viewed paintings.
He went to the museum in a taxi where he viewed paintings.
5
Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “on the ice”?
We all went on the ice after dinner skating.
After dinner on the ice, we all went skating.
We all went skating after dinner on ice.
After dinner, we all went skating on the ice.
6
Do you want to go to the library with us? What part of speech is the word: LIBRARY?
verb
noun
adjective
adverb
7
Valerie saw a colorful bird on her way to school.Which one has the modifier in the right place?
On her way to school, Valerie saw a colorful bird.
A colorful bird on her way to school, Valerie saw.
A colorful bird Valerie on her way to school.
Valerie saw on her way to school a colorful bird.
8
Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “listening to music”?
To the store, I walked to listening music.
Listening to music, I walked to the store.
I walked to the store listening to music.
I walked listening to music to the store.
9
We saw shiny, new tire rims on his car. What part of speech is the word: SHINY?
noun
adverb
adjective
verb
10
The dog was running and barking. Which word in the sentence is a noun?
running
the
dog
barking

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