Question

Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence :
Eaten by mosquitoes, we wished that we had made hotel, not campsite, reservations.
a) That we had made hotel
b) Not campsite
c) We wished
d) Eaten by mosquitoes

Answer 1

Hint:A participle phrase consists of a participle plus modifiers(s), object(s) or/and complement(s).

Complete answer:
Past participles are a group of words that act as adjectives. That is, they provide further information about the noun or nouns in a sentence. These phrases generally contain past and present participles. In the given question, we are asked to find out a participle phrase from the given sentence. If the participle is present, it will dependably end in -ing. Likewise, a regular past participle will end in a consistent -ed.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer:
Option ‘a’ is That we had made the hotel. It is incorrect because it is a clause, having its own subject and predicate. So, this cannot be the correct answer.
Option ‘b' is Not campsite. This does not contain any participle phrase, hence, cannot be the correct answer.
Option ‘c’ is We wished. It is also not having any participle phrase, so we will eliminate this as well.
Option ‘d’ is Eaten by mosquitoes. This is the correct option as the participle phrase ‘eaten by mosquitoes’ modifies the pronoun ‘we’. The past participle ‘eaten’ introduces the participle phrase.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the participle phrase of the sentence is “eaten by mosquitoes”. So, the correct answer is “Option d”.

Note:
Since all phrases require two or more words, a participle phrase will often include objects and/or modifiers that complete the thought.