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Seeing the massive shark, the divers swam quickly to the surface and scrambled into the boat.


Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.

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the participle phrase would be "scrambled into the boat" because it scrambled ends in "ed"

The correct answer is Seeing the massive shark. Participles are verbs that function as adjectives. A participle can be either a present participle (cry-crying) or a past participle (cry-cried). A participial phrase includes the participle and any other modifier and, as it acts as an adjective, it modifies a noun. In the sentences provided, Seeing the massive shark is a participial phrase made by a present participle (seeing) and other modifiers (the massive shark) and functions as an adjective that modifies the noun the divers.

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