Question

Which sentence uses a participial phrase correctly?

She wrote the preliminary letter using her favorite pen.
Scrimmaging on the field, the coach watched the players.
Playing rambunctiously in the yard, the nanny laughed at the kids.
He laboriously studied the birds migrating to the local sanctuary.

Answer 1

D He laboriously studied the birds migrating to the local sanctuary.

Answer 2

D. He laboriously studied the birds migrating to the local sanctuary.

Step-by-step explanation:

The most widely accepted guideline for using participial phrases is to properly punctuate them whenever they appear in a sentence. When the information in a participial phrase is not essential to the meaning of the sentence as a whole, it is put in the middle of the sentence and only separated by commas.