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The children
Dripping hot banana
withate fudge andsplits
whipped
dripping
cream, thehot
with
children ate banana
fudge and whipped splits.
cream.
Goodthat
Well, ! Now the banana
sounds as if the
splits
children
are dripping
are dripping
with
hothot
with the fudge!
fudge!
P l a c e a pas t par ti ci pl e phr as e
r i g h t b e fo r e o r r i g h t a f t e r t h e
wo r d i t d e s c r i b e s .
Angered
In the living
by room,
the football
Paul kicked Paul
score, the television
kicked the
angered by
television in the
the football
living room.
score.
Right
This !sounds
This sounds
as if the
as if
Paul
television
is angered
is angered
by the
football
by the football
score
score! !
P l a c e a n adj ecti ve cl ause
r i g h t a f t e r t h e wo r d i t
describes.
lawnmower that
The landscaper wrestled the old lawnmower
through the
coughed andlong grass
choked that coughed
through the long and choked.
grass.
Let’s see
what
you can
do.
Item 1
A. Seated
Seated by
by the
thewindow,
window,Barbara
Barbara munched
munched
popcorn on
popcorn onthe
thelong
long
bus
bus
ride
ride
home.
home.
B. Seated by the window, popcorn was munched
by Barbara on the long bus ride home.
C. Barbara munched popcorn seated by the
window on the long bus ride home.
Item 4
A. Rosalind
Rosalind struggled
struggledupup
the
the
three
threeflights
flights
of stairs
of
in her new
stairs in her
jeans,
newwhich
jeans,were
whichtoowere
tight too
for tight
comfort.
for comfort.
B. Too tight for comfort, Rosalind struggled up the
three flights of stairs in her new jeans.
C. In her new jeans, Rosalind struggled up three
flights of stairs, which were too tight for comfort.
Item 5
A. Splashing
Splashing ininthe
thepuddles
puddlesleftleft
by by
thethe
thunderstorm, Jayanti
thunderstorm, Jayanti
cooled
cooled herher
hothot
feet.
feet.
B. Splashing in the puddles left by the
thunderstorm, the cool water refreshed
Jayanti’s hot feet.
C. Splashing in the puddles, the thunderstorm
cooled Jayanti’s hot feet.
Item 10