Question

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Read the sentence.

The first atomic bomb, exploded on the White Sands Proving Grounds, was tested in 1945.

Which is a true?

a. The participial phrase modifies the word bomb.
b. The participial phrase uses a present participial.
c. The participial phrase starts with the words was tested.
d. The participial phrase comes before the word it modifies.

Answer 1

Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

• was tested is the verbal phrase here
• We know participial phrase deontes to verbal expression which defines the whole thing

So here

was tested is participial phrase

Answer 2

Answer:The participial phrase starts with the words was tested.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first atomic bomb that exploded on the White Sands Proving Grounds, was posted in 1945.

Step-by-step explanation:

On 16 July 1945, the 'Trinity' nuclear test plunged humanity into the so-called Atomic Age. The first-ever nuclear bomb was detonated in New Mexico, at the Alamogordo Test Range. Nicknamed the “gadget”, the plutonium-based implosion-type device yielded 19 kilotons, creating a crater over 300 metres wide.

Significant events. The first atomic bomb (code named Trinity) was test detonated at Trinity Site near the northern boundary of the range on 16 July 1945, seven days after the White Sands Proving Ground was established.