What is the participial phrase in the sentence: "The audience sat quietly as the maestro, stretching his arms, began to conduct the orchestra"?

A. stretching his arms
B. The audience sat quietly
C. as the maestro
D. to conduct the orchestra

a. stretching his arms

Answered by klaviergavin | 2024-06-10

The **audience **sat quietly as the maestro, stretching his arms, began to conduct the orchestra. The **participial phrase **in the sentence is stretching his arms. The correct option is a.
What is a participial phrase?
A participle phrase is a group of words containing a participle, modifier, and pronoun or noun phrases. The Pronoun or **Noun **will act the recipient of the action in the phrase. We need a comma after a Participle Phrase if it comes at the beginning of a sentence and the following phrase is a complete sentence.
If the Participle Phrase is in the middle or at the end of a sentence , we do not need a comma. Participle phrases can be made up of either of the two types of participles the present participle and the past participle. Participle phrases act just like an adjective , an adverb or an adjective phrase in a sentence.
There are also participle phrases which are formed by a combination of the **present **and past participles; in other words, the perfect tense form of the verb, followed by other modifiers.
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Answered by ranjithgowdavt | 2024-06-17

The participial phrase in the given sentence is "stretching his arms," which describes the action of the maestro. This phrase contains a participle and provides additional detail about the subject. The correct answer is A.
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Answered by ranjithgowdavt | 2024-12-26