Correct Modifiers and Concise Wording Answers

Driving Sid to the airport, the weather was cold and rainy.Driving to the airport, Sid was cold and rainy.The weather was cold and rainy when I drove Sid to the airport.The weather was cold and rainy driving to the airport.The sentence is correct as written.

Looking up from the book, the fire alarm caught my attention.Looking up from the book, my attention was caught by the fire alarm.The fire alarm caught my attention, looking up from the book.The fire alarm caught my attention, so I looked up from my book.The sentence is correct as written.

Which revision makes it more clear that Erin speaks to her husband on Tuesday?

He spoke of his former teachers at the school.

Quietly, without a sound, we crept down the stairs into the basement below our house. It was pitch black. We could hear each individual sound coming from the furnace. It was the squeaky noise that we didn’t recognize. Chills ran down our spines.

What is the modifier in this sentence?

What is the modifier in this sentence?

If nearly all of the people in the race finished, what word or phrase does the modifier belong to?

Ashley swam at the conference meet, placing second.

After a romp through the garbage, the puppy smelled .

We walked one step at a time, slowly, really slowly, because it would seem that to most if not all of us the worst and most avoided event was the first day of school.

Driving Sid to the airport, the weather was cold and rainy.

What is the modifier in this sentence? “her husband”✔ “on Tuesday”“she would”

Which revision makes it more clear that Erin speaks to her husband on Tuesday?

What is the modifier in this sentence?

Ashley swam ✔ wellgood at the conference meet, placing second.

Why is the shorter version more effective?

What is the best way to rewrite the sentence?

Which words or phrases should be deleted to eliminate redundancy? Check each.

A flying, feathered animal that rises before the sun often has better luck than its peers when looking for and obtaining a meal of a long, soft-bodied animal.