Question

Correct the given sentence, if necessary:
The young fairy with long silver wings flew down toward Cinderella.
A) With long silver wings the young fairy flew down toward Cinderella.
B) The young fairy flew down with long silver wings toward Cinderella.
C) The young fairy flew down toward Cinderella with long silver wings.
D) NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Hint: A noun phrase, also known as a nominal, is a phrase that starts with a noun and has the same grammatical function as a noun. Noun phrases are extremely widespread throughout languages, and they may be the most common phrase type.

Complete answer:
The adjective phrase that modifies the noun must come after it. In the given sentence, there is no need for any transformation as the adjacent phrase (with long silver wings) is present after the noun phrase (The young fairy).

Let us look at the given options:
A) With long silver wings the young fairy flew down toward Cinderella: This option is incorrect because the adjective phrase comes before rather than after the noun phrase "The young fairy," it is wrong.
B) The young fairy flew down with long silver wings toward Cinderella.: This option is incorrect because instead of the noun phrase, the adjective phrase comes after the verbs "flew down." (Adjectives do not change the meaning of verbs.)
C) The young fairy flew down toward Cinderella with long silver wings.: This option is incorrect because the adjective phrase modifies the noun phrase "the young fairy," rather than the noun phrase "Cinderella." (Cinderella is a popular heroine in an old folk story who does not have wings.)
D) NO CHANGE: This is the correct option. The adjective phrase "with long silver wings" is placed after the noun phrase "The young fairy" in the above sentence, which is grammatically accurate. As a result, no changes are necessary, and option D is correct.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D) i.e, No change.

Note: Rule of transforming sentences:
Simple sentence is of the type: “Subject + verb + object + present participle” to convert it into complex sentences use: “subject + verb + object + relative pronoun of the object + be verb according to relative pronoun and tense + remaining sentence”.