Question

drag and drop the highlighted modifiers into the first column and the words they modify into the second column.
marcus searched for his blue in the pile of laundry. he nervously looked at his watch because he knew his family was waiting for him.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each highlighted word:

• "blue" is an adjective (modifier) that describes "shirt" (object being modified) as it tells the color of the shirt.
• "nervously" is an adverb (modifier) that describes "looked" (object being modified) as it tells how he looked at the watch.

For the "Modifier" column, we place the modifiers: "blue", "nervously". For the "Object Being Modified" column, we place the words they modify: "shirt", "looked". But based on the current drag - drop state (with "shirt" already in Modifier by mistake, we correct it):

Modifier column should have "blue", "nervously" (these are the words that modify other words). Object Being Modified column should have "shirt" (modified by "blue"), "looked" (modified by "nervously").

Answer:

Modifier column: blue, nervously
Object Being Modified column: shirt, looked