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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which word does the participle modify? The man's stacked newspapers tumbled to the floor. A. floor B. man's C. tumbled D. newspapers

OpenStudy (kewlgeek555):

A participle is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence to modify a noun or noun phrase, and thus plays a role similar to that of an adjective or adverb. For example: Exasperated, she made the decision to leave immediately. Here, the participle is Exasperated because it is modifying the noun.

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