Question

Ted said that his little brother taking up a cushion full of mischief whacked their friend on the head.
Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.
A) NO CHANGE
B) Ted said that their friend, taking up a cushion, whacked his little brother on the head, full of mischief.
C) Ted said that, full of mischief, his little brother, taking up a cushion, whacked their friend on the head
D) Ted said that his little brother, taking up a cushion, whacked their friend on the head, full of mischief

Answer 1

Hint: An adverbial phrase is a group of words that refines the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb. Similar to adverbs, adverbial phrases modify other words by explaining why, how, where, or when an action occurred.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A) NO CHANGE – is an incorrect option or void option because there is some change in the phrase or sentence. Thus, this is a void or null option.
Option B) Ted said that their friend, taking up a cushion, whacked his little brother on the head, full of mischief – is an incorrect answer because the sentence adverb phrase ‘full of mischief’ does not place after the noun i.e. ‘brother’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Ted said that, full of mischief, his little brother, taking up a cushion, whacked their friend on the head – is the correct answer because "full of mischief" is the adverb to the noun "brother", these should be placed together. Hence, Option C is the correct answer.
Option D) Ted said that his little brother, taking up a cushion, whacked their friend on the head, full of mischief - is an incorrect answer because the sentence adverb phrase ‘full of mischief’ does not place after the noun i.e. ‘brother’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note:
It is important to understand the rule of the adverb phrase in this particular question, and the rule is the adverb phrase is "full of mischief" is the adverb to the noun "brother", these should be placed together. (So, adverb phrases and nouns should be placed together). Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not place the adverb phrase after the noun, hence incorrect.