Question

Which word in the sentence does the participial phrase modify?

Laughing at the question, he shook his head and said, "No."



A.
he


B.
head


C.
question


D.
shook


I THINK ITS C AM I CORRECT? AND PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY. Thank you. <3

Answer 1

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Answer 2

so what is a participle phrase?

Answer 3

It is a phrase that modifies a noun I believe.. or verb.

Answer 4

yea, so now where are there some adjectives modifying nouns in that sentence?

Answer 5

I guess he modifies laughing...am I right?

Answer 6

YUP

Answer 7

no, you need to have an adjective. check this out
"The participial phrase is always used as an adjective phrase to modify a noun or pronoun. It includes the participle together with its modifiers, objects, or predicate words. The present participle form always ends in -ing, but the endings for past perfect and passive perfect participles may vary." https://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/phrase_participial.pdf

Answer 8

WAIT N
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Answer 9

Okay, ill check it out.

Answer 10

laughing modifies he, you were close just a dyslexic moment.

Answer 11

I actually tried to look at some examples of participle phrase but i get confused because the examples are showing phrases, not one word in particular.

Answer 12

well, that's cause it isn't one word in particular

Answer 13

the phrase describes something about the noun(usually the subject)

Answer 14

Well if I were to modify the sentence it would be "Laughing at the question" and a noun is a person, place, or thing, so I'd think it would be he or head. But thank you. :) I get it now.

Answer 15

who is good in science

Answer 16

??

Answer 17

that doesn't modify the sentence. It modifies the subject of the sentence in this situation

Answer 18

ask yourself, who is laughing at the question?

Answer 19

he is

Answer 20

and that is how you find your noun

Answer 21

So its kind of like and IO or DO...

Answer 22

(indirect object or direct object)

Answer 23

uhm, sure? I'm not an english major. I forget what those are

Answer 24

Oh, no worries. :) Thank you for helping me with English. I really appreciate it.

Answer 25

np :) if it makes you feel better, I only used this to pass the praxis

Answer 26

praxis?

Answer 27

exam to become a teacher

Answer 28

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/praxis?s=t Ah, i see. May you help me with one more question. If it's no trouble. :)

Answer 29

tag me in it :)

Answer 30

okay, thanks. :)