Question

What is the participial phrase in the sentence below?

Instructed with a teacher's care, the students increased their knowledge of the civil war.

A. increase their knowledge
B. the students increased
C. Instructed with a teacher's care
D. of civil war

Answer 1

The participial phrase in the sentence is C. INSTRUCTED WITH A TEACHER'S CARE.

Participial phrase always starts with a participle. The participle may be present or past participle. Present participle ends with -ing. Past participles end with -d or -ed.

In the above sentence, the participial phrase started with a past participle, Instructed. Always remember, participial phrases serve as adjectives in the sentence. It modifies students in the sentence.