Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
Walking up from the subway, ______.Choices: the rain started / I felt the rain start / the rain was felt
- The opening phrase describes someone walking. Who?
- The first words after the comma must name that person.
- The rain started would say the rain was walking. I felt the rain start puts the walker, I, right after the comma.
Answer: Walking up from the subway, I felt the rain start.
Example 2
Tired after the double shift, ______.Choices: the couch looked wonderful / Kwame fell asleep on the couch / sleep came quickly
- Who was tired after the shift? A person, not a couch.
- The person must come right after the comma.
- Kwame fell asleep on the couch does that.
Answer: Tired after the double shift, Kwame fell asleep on the couch.
Where this is taught: Sentences: Start Here, Part 5: Modifiers
More practice: Quiz 36, Modifiers · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 4, Lesson 5, “Modify Ideas”
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. A few questions ask you to tap a whole sentence instead. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct; where whole sentences are given, circle one. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.