Question

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Which answer identifies the participial phrase and the word it modifies in this sentence?
The dog barking in the yard for the last three hours is giving me a headache.

The participial phrase "for the last three hours" modifies "barking". <---
The participial phrase "in the yard" modifies "barking".
The participial phrase "barking in the yard" modifies "dog".
The participial phrase "giving me a headache" modifies "hours".

Answer 1

the 3rd participial phrase

Answer 2

The 3rd option, The participial phrase "barking in the yard" modifies "dog".

Step-by-step explanation:

A participal phrase consists in a participle (past participle or present participle <verb+ing>) and a complement to the participle (nouns, pronouns, direct or indirect object, etc.). These phrases fuction as adjectives, it means, are intended to modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence.

In the sentence, "The dog barking in the yard for the last three hours is giving me a headache."

Barking is the participle (verb bark + ing)

in the yard for the last three hours is the complement of the participal phrase

The phrase is explaining why the dog is giving me a headache (because the dog has been barking in the yard for the last three hours), so is directly connected to the noun "The dog" modifying it.