Question

3) Read the following sentence.

Struggling to its feet, the newborn deer wobbled in the grass next to its mother. Which word does the participial phrase modify?
a. Feet
b. Grass
c. Deer
d. Mother

Answer 1

The answer is deer. What is struggling? The deer is

Answer 2

Answer: C. Deer.

Step-by-step explanation: A participial phrase is a group of words consisting of a participle (present or past) and the pronouns, nouns or noun phrases that modify the expressed participle, it usually acts like and adjective, modifying a noun or a pronoun. In the given sentence, the participial phrase is "Struggling to its feet" ("struggling" is a present participle), and it is acting as an adjective, modifying the noun "deer."