A word or phrase that modifies a word not included in the sentence is a B. dangling modifier.
For example:
Knowing that it was getting cold outside, the pizza tasted very good.
The third sentence contains two verbs. The puppies growl and bark. Growling and barking are both verbs. (To growl and to bark)
1- The correct answer is B.
The narrator could not believe what Miguel had said, so he run off to the park to investigate. When he arrived, he realized Miguel was correct: there were no traces of the carnival there: no holes where the spikes had been, no hay scattered about.
2- The correct answer is D.
The narrator's father was astonished because he believed that Miguel and the reporter were wrong. He could not understand how it could be possible for there to be no carnival in the area when he and everyone in town had been to one the night before.
