Question

Which underlined phrase is a perfect participial phrase? The students drew a map indicating the major battles of the Civil War. Having assessed the students’ performance on the quiz, Mrs. Bunch decided to review the causes of the Civil War. Students’ final projects included music, posters, and a play based on Civil War history. Posing as soldiers, team members re-enacted Civil War events.

Answer 1

A perfect participial phrase is:

Having assessed the students’ performance on the quiz, Mrs. Bunch decided to review the causes of the Civil War.

Completed sentences are indicated by perfect participial. It is created by putting the present participle 'having' in front of the past participle. In the above sentence, the word 'having' is in front of the past participle which is ' assessed the students’ performance on the quiz.'  it is also used to form the passive voice of the sentence.

Answer 2

The underlined phrases in the choices will be shown here inside a bracket.

A. The students drew a map (indicating the major battles of the Civil War). 
B. (Having assessed the students’ performance on the quiz), Mrs. Bunch decided to review the causes of the Civil War. 
C. Students’ final projects included music, posters, and a play (based on Civil War history).
D. (Posing as soldiers), team members re-enacted Civil War events. 

The correct answer is letter B. B. (Having assessed the students’ performance on the quiz), Mrs. Bunch decided to review the causes of the Civil War.