Understanding Participial Phrases
Identifying the word in the participial phrase
What is a participial phrase?
A participial phrase is a group of words that includes a present or past participle and its modifiers. It functions as an adjective and describes a noun or a pronoun in a sentence. In the sentence that we are given, the participial phrase is "swimming in the lake," and the word that it modifies is "ducks." The phrase provides additional information about the ducks, indicating what they were doing while on vacation.Identify the word in the participial phrase in the following sentence modifies.
The word that is modified by the participial phrase in the following sentence is: ducks.