Question

Identify the participial phrase and the word it modifies. The neighbors found their house destroyed by fire. Participial phrase: Word modified:

Answer 1

A participial phrase is the one that functions as an adjective even though it looks like an action. The participial phrases are used to modify the noun and provide the reader with a description or additional information about it. In this sentence the participial phrase is "destroyed by fire", and the word modified is "house". The participial phrase is describing how the house looked like when the neighbors found it.

Answer 2

Participial Phrase: found their house destroyed by fire. 

Word Modified: house 

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