Question

Which is the participial phrase from this sentence?

Removing his glasses, the teacher sighed deeply and told his class that he had been very disappointed with the quality of their last essay assignment.
A) Removing his glasses
B) had been very disappointed
C) sighed deeply and told his class
D) with the quality of their last essay assignment

Answer 1

It should be A since a participial phrase is a type of Verb to modify a noun .

Answer 2

The participial phrase from the sentence is "removing his glasses".

Step-by-step explanation:

A participle begins with a present or past participle. If the participle is present it ends in -ing, and if it is a regular verb its past participle form ends in -ed. A participle phrase will often include objects and/or modifiers. In this case, the participle removing takes the NP "his glasses" as its direct object.