Question:

The septuagenarian woken from his sleep by the burglar alarm knocked a bowl of potato chips off his lap.

Answer:

The answer adverb is not correct.

Explanation:

In this sentence, the past participle phrase woken from his sleep by the burglar alarm acts as an adjective because it modifies the noun phrase the septuagenarian.

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