Which word does the participial phrase modify?

Experimenting with different shades of blue, Deanna picked a palette of three colors for her room.

A.
colors

B.
picked

C.
three

D.
Deanna

Question

Which word does the participial phrase modify? 

Experimenting with different shades of blue, Deanna picked a palette of three colors for her room.
	
	
 
A.
	colors
	
 
B.
	picked
	
 
C.
	three
	
 
D.
	Deanna

cookie_monster · Answer

A. colors

anonymous · Answer

THANK YOU!!!!

anonymous · Answer

Now I'm confused On a different website I got both C and D. Now A. Which one is it?

anonymous · Answer

@cookie_monster

cookie_monster · Answer

Well the participial phrase is a noun, in this case the noun is the "different shades of blue". That is being modified by the word "colors".

anonymous · Answer

Which word does the participial phrase modify? 

Experimenting with different shades of blue, Deanna picked a palette of three colors for her room