Question

Select the sentence that clearly links a modifying word, phrase, or clause to the word it modifies.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Excitedly, Ben told his family that he made the baseball team.

Explanation:

A modifier can be an adjective or an adverb. It is a word/phrase/clause which actually modifies other words in a sentence.  The adjective modifiers modify the nouns while the adverb modifiers modify the verbs or the adjectives or the other adverbs that are found in the sentence.

In the above selected sentence, excitedly is the adverb that clearly modifies the verb told. It states and explains the mood of Ben when he told his family that he made the baseball team.

So, this sentence clearly links a modifying word to the word it modifies.