Question

Is the underlined participial phrase correctly placed or misplaced?

Christina watered the flowers growing in the backyard.

A.
misplaced participial phrase

B.
correctly placed participial phrase

Answer 1

Any guesses?

Answer 2

and what is underlined?

Answer 3

growing in the backyard.

Answer 4

b

Answer 5

Yes, I believe that is correct :)

Answer 6

Is the underlined participial phrase correctly placed or misplaced?

Continuing to read the newspaper, my father ignored the ringing telephone.

A.
correctly placed participial phrase

B.
misplaced participial phrase