Which word in the sentence does the participial phrase modify? Listening for the doorbell, she lowered the volume on the television. A. lowered B. volume C. she D. doorbell

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User: Which word in the sentence does the participial phrase modify? Listening for the doorbell, she lowered the volume on the television. A. lowered B. volume C. she D. doorbell

Weegy: The participal phrase is ''buffeted by the storm, and the word modified is "ship." A. [ lowered In linguistics, a participle (adjective participial, from Latin participium, a calque of Greek "partaking") can be a verb or an adjective (participial phrase). It is a derivative of a non-finite verb, which can be used in compound tenses or voices, or as a modifier. ... ]
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User: Which word in the sentence does the participial phrase modify? Listening for the doorbell, she lowered the volume on the television. A. lowered B. volume C. she D. doorbell

Weegy: A. lowered The participial phrase modified in the word lowered. In linguistics, a participle (adjective participial, from Latin participium, a calque of Greek "partaking") can be a verb or an adjective (participial phrase). [ It is a derivative of a non-finite verb, which can be used in compound tenses or voices, or as a modifier. ... ] ]
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Listening for the doorbell, she lowered the volume on the television. The participial phrase "listening for the doorbell" modifies "she".

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