Question

What is the participial phrase in the sentence? The tomatoes planted in the garden are ripening nicely and growing quite tall.

A planted in the garden
B The tomatoes
C ripening nicely
D growing quite tall

Answer 1

the correct answer is planted in the garden

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Planted in the garden, because participial phrase in English consist in a phrase that is similar to a verb, but actually functions as an adjective. These participial phrases modify a noun in the same sentence. In the sentence above Planted is the word that mainly indicate the participial phrase.