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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Locate the participle (not the entire participial phrase) and the word it modifies. Riding on the bus, we watched the landscape float by. Participle~ Modified~

OpenStudy (kewlgeek555):

Hello! :) "Participles come in two varieties: past and present. They are two of the five forms or principal parts that every verb has." An example would be... laughed (past participle) laughing (present participle) Hm...do you see participles here? >v>

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Watched?

OpenStudy (kewlgeek555):

Okay, so do you know what a participle modifies?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The landscape?

OpenStudy (kewlgeek555):

Yes, I believe so, because the participle can modify the subject or the object. I think the object here is the landscape. There is also riding and bus. cx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Am i to late

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