Question

The children gulped down the food that their mother made them with grateful enthusiasm.
Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. The food that their mother made them with grateful enthusiasm was gulped down by the children.
• C. The children gulped down the food, with grateful enthusiasm, that their mother made them.
• D. With grateful enthusiasm, the children gulped down the food that their mother made them.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

With grateful enthusiasm, the children gulped down the food that their mother made them.

Since the adverb modifies the verb, that is gulped down, it can be placed at the beginning of the sentence closest to the verb, without modifying the meaning. Therefore, Option D is correct. The rest of the options modify the meaning of the sentence, hence incorrect.