Question

highlight the word(s) modified by the word, clause, or phrase in bold. forgetting to water jack meyerss tomato plant, i rushed out the door and ran to the mall.

Explanation:

In the sentence, the participial phrase "Forgetting to water Jack Meyers's tomato plant" (in bold) functions as an adverbial phrase that modifies the subject "I" by providing the reason or context for the action "rushed out the door and ran to the mall". So the word modified by the bold phrase is "I".

Answer:

I