Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar.

This sentence contains a _____.

present participial phrase with a direct object

present participial phrase containing a prepositional phrase

present participial phrase with modifiers

past participial phrase containing an embedded clause

Question

Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar.

This sentence contains a _____.



present participial phrase with a direct object

present participial phrase containing a prepositional phrase

present participial phrase with modifiers

past participial phrase containing an embedded clause

texaschic101 · Answer

I want to say : present participle phrase containing a prep phrase. But you might want to get a second opinion because I am not 100% sure.