Question

Which words in the sentence make up the participial phrase?

Seventh-grade students, answering a survey, requested bike paths for their city.

A.
answering a survey

B.
for their city

C.
requested bike paths

D.
seventh-grade students

Answer 1

@Secret-Ninja I know the answer but i don't know how to explain it

Answer 2

i think a

Answer 3

A word group consisting of a present participle (also known as an -ing form) or past participle (also known as an -en form), plus any modifiers, objects, and complements.
A participial phrase commonly functions as an adjective.

Adjectives usually describe, so I would go with D, because it describes the students as seventh graders.

Answer 4

I hope this helped. :)

Answer 5

ok yes it did thx