Question

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


Having finished watching the game, the homework was done.


Ray told his mother when practice was over he would come home.


Alicia stepped onto the basketball court full of apprehension.


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

Answer 1

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

Explanation: "Excitedly" clearly modifies Ben's manner of telling. The other sentences contain misplaced or dangling modifiers.