Language Live Level 2 Unit 11 Grammar Content Mastery

Which noun is being modified by the underlined participial phrase?

Arriving with the wedding party, the drummer waited for permission to begin playing.

• party

• drummer

• permission

• playing

Which noun is being modified by the underlined participial phrase?

Ira's wedding day, planned for since her birth, came and went in the blink of an eye.

• Ira

• day

• birth

• eye

Which noun is being modified by the underlined participial phrase?

Nathan, Ira's father, looked with amazement at the table, loaded with special treats for the wedding guests.

• Nathan

• father

• amazement

• table

Which noun is being modified by the underlined participial phrase?

Sitting uneasily side by side, the bride and groom were surrounded by a throng of wedding guests.

• bride and groom

• throng

• wedding

• guests

Which noun is being modified by the underlined participial phrase?

The musicians took their places as the palanquin, carrying the young couple, was lifted up and moved slowly through the village streets.

• musicians

• places

• palanquin

• streets

Which noun is being modified by the underlined appositive?

Rukmani asked Old Granny, an experienced go-between, to help arrange Ira's marriage.

• Rukmani

• Old Granny

• Ira

• marriage

Which noun is being modified by the underlined appositive?

Nathan and Rukmani chose a young man, the only son of a landowner, to be Ira's husband.

• Nathan

• Rukmani

• man

• husband

Which noun is being modified by the underlined appositive?

Ira, a beautiful young woman, accepted her parents' choice without protest.

• Ira

• parents

• choice

• protest

Which noun is being modified by the underlined appositive?

Ira's wedding garment, a red sari, hung in rich folds around the slender bride.

• Ira

• garment

• folds

• bride

Which noun is being modified by the underlined appositive?

Arjun, my eldest son, was sitting next to the man, cautiously tapping the drum with three fingers as he had been shown.

• Arjun

• man

• drum

• fingers