for questions 4-5. choose the word identified by the underlined participle phrase.
the wailing baby scared the skittish puppy.
A) baby
B) scared
C) skittish puppy
The underlined participle phrase in the sentence provided is not visible because text formatting such as underlining does not show in this format. However, I can identify the participle phrase for you.
A participle phrase is a group of words that includes a participle and acts as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun.
In the sentence "The wailing baby scared the skittish puppy," the phrase "wailing baby" contains a participle ("wailing") which is an adjective formed from a verb, used here to modify the noun "baby."
Therefore, the noun identified by the participle phrase, assuming “wailing” is part of the participle phrase, would be:
A) baby