Question

Which word in the sentence does the participial phrase modify?

Laughing at the question, he shook his head and said, "No."

A.shook

B.he

C.head

D.question

Answer 1

The answer should be c. Hope it helps

Answer 2

B. he
The word 'he' is being modified by the participial phrase.

The word 'laughing' is the participle.

A PARTICIPLE is a verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed. They express an action or a state of being. However, since they function as adjectives, participles modify nouns or pronouns.

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASE is a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state expressed in the participle.