Which word does the participle modify?

The child's excited outburst embarrassed his parents.

A. parents

B. outburst

C. embarrassed

D. child's

Question

Which word does the participle modify? 

The child's excited outburst embarrassed his parents.
 
 A. parents
 
 B. outburst
 
 C. embarrassed
 
 D. child's

anonymous · Answer

B. 

Okay, so the participle is excited because it modifies outburst. What kind of outburst was it? An excited one. So the word it modifies will be the original word. 

Ex)

The woman was extremely excited with her daughter. 
Extremely would be the participle. So it would modify?

anonymous · Answer

**Original word; ie, noun. 
Forgot to add that in, sorry.