Tense Consistency Exercise The second reason why I am in college is I want to complete my dream of becoming a nurse. Why I have this dream is because when I was young, my grandmother always GOT sick and went to the hospital, also my relatives WERE very busy with their jobs, so if my grandmother GOT sick, I HAD to stay at hospital to take care her. USUALLY, when someone gets sick their mood is very bad, but sometimes I saw that the nurses DID NOT TAKE OF care the patientS very well. They WERE not very nice to the patients. Maybe they DIDN ’ T know when the patients were in a bad mood. From that time, I WANTED to become a nurse to do by best to take care of patients. Though it is very hard to become a nurse in United Stated. However, I will work hard to make my dream come true. If I want to become a nurse the only way it fulfill my dream is to go to school. Therefore, I want a college education because I WANT to complete my dream to become a nurse try my best to take care of patients.

Modifiers Adjectives

Adjective + Noun the college student the Private School a disadvantaged child larger classes a six-year-old child An IQ test

Adjective Clauses The school, which is located by the river, is a good school. The school that has quotas is an affirmative action school.

Adjective Phrases The school near the river is a good school. The ideal location for a college is in a small town.

Adverbs + Verbs He studies hard. He learns quickly. He hardly studies.

Adverb + Adjective The students studied very hard.

Adverb + Adverb He progressed quite slowly.

Adverbial Phrases My dad takes a brisk walk before breakfast every day of his life. My grandmother was born in an old house on the plains of northern Nebraska. She promised to meet him for lunch next Tuesday.

Rule Modifiers go as close as possible to word they modify.

Misplaced Modifier Charlotte brought the bicycle to the repair shop that she bought.

Charlotte brought the bicycle that she bought to the repair shop.

Misplaced Modifiers The student finished the test with the long hair.

Misplaced modifiers The student finished the test with the long hair. The student with the long hair finished the test.

Misplaced Modifiers John walked his dog with the flu.

Misplaced Modifiers John walked his dog with the flu. With the flu, John walked his dog.

Misplaced Modifiers We saw a car in front of the store that was red.

Misplaced Modifiers We saw a car in front of the store that was red. We saw a car that was red in front of the store.