Question

Questions 1–5: Rewrite the following sentences, shifting unclear modifiers to their correct places.

1. Jane and Jim only have one child.

2. She merely went to New York to see her editor.

3. Last month he almost got enough speeding tickets to lose his license.

4. She’s so lazy, she won’t even pick up the phone when she’s sitting next to it.

5. Kevin had scarcely walked one block when he remembered he had left his lunch at home.

Questions 6-12: Choose the correct word in each of the following sentences.

6. Despite what the expiration date says, this milk tastes bad/badly.

7. Trevor felt very bad/badly about giving me the wrong book.

8. My sister is very talented but she draws bad/badly.

9. For the last few years, she had slept bad/badly.

10. The paint brush spread the paint well/good.

11. Since taking the vitamins, my friend says she feels well/good.

12. My Uncle Max’s homemade spaghetti sauces tastes well/good.



Questions 13-15: Read the following sentences and rewrite each one to be correct.

13. Mr. Juarez gave me the most simplest directions to the recreation center.

14. My mother is the older of her three sisters.

15. I am more outgoing than any student in my class.

Answer 1

1. Jane and Jim have only one child

2. She went to New York merely to see her editor

3. Last month he got almost enough speeding tickets to lose his license.

4. She’s so lazy, she won’t pick up the phone even when she’s sitting next to it.

5. Kevin had walked scarcely one block when he remembered he had left his lunch at home.

6. Bad

7. Bad

8. Badly

9. Badly

10. well

11. well

12. good

13. Mr. Juarez, gave me the simplest directions to the recreation center.

14. My mother is older than her three sisters.

15. I am much more outgoing when compared to any student in my class.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

1. Jane and Jim have only one.

2. She went to New York to merely see her editor.

child.

Step-by-step explanation: