Question

Identify the term that best describes the italicized words.

The old man sat at the window, remembering the days when he would have gone outdoors.

Answer 1

The correct answer is participial phrase.

Answer 2

The correct answer option is 'participial phrase'.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following sentence:

'The old man sat at the window, remembering the days when he would have gone outdoors'.

Here, the italicized words are an example of participial phrase.

A phrase which looks like a verb but actually functions as an adjective while modifying a noun in the same sentence is called a participial phrase.

So in this sentence, 'remembering' is the present participle and 'remembering the days' is the participial phrase. The participial phrase modifies 'he'.