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Locate the participle (not the entire participial phrase) and the word it modifies.

The frightened tour group returned from the strenuous hike.

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The participle in this sentence is the word "frightened". The participle here is used as an adjective and the word or words it modifies is the "tour group". Participles are words that can function as verbs, adjectives and even as nouns.
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