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Which sentence contains both a participial phrase and an infinitive phrase?

A. Walking along the shore, Rosie and her little sister began to notice many starfish on the rocks.

B. Taking a long walk is a great way to calm down after a stressful day.

C. The driver, making a sharp right turn, zipped into the drive-through line at the coffee shack.

D. Alice, frustrated by her shaggy hair, went to the beauty salon after work, so she could get her hair styled.

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Answer:

A. Walking along the shore, Rosie and her little sister began to notice many starfish on the rocks.

Step-by-step explanation:

Participial phrase is a set of words whose main part is participle and as a whole functions as an adjective.

Infinitive phrase has an infinitive as main part and can have many functions in a sentence.

Sentences C. and D. don't have infinitive at all (to + verb).

Sentence B. has infinitive (to calm down) but it doesn't havs participle. "taking" although looks like participle, is actually gerund. The whole phrase (taking a long walk) doesn't modify any noun, it functions as a subject.

Finally, sentence A. has an infinitive (to notice) and infinitive phrase (to notice many starfish on the rocks). Since this modifies verb "began" this server as an adverb. Also, there iss a participle (walking) and participial phrase (walking along the shore). This functions as an adjective because it modifies Rosa and her sister.

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