Question

Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence:
The horse trotting up the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.
A. Trotting up the fence
B. That you have an apple or carrot
C. An apple or carrot
D. You have an apple

Answer 1

Hint: A participle is a verb that can also be used as an adjective. A participle phrase is a phrase, part of the sentence that has a participle in it.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A – This phrase has a participle – ‘trotting’. It modifies the noun ‘horse’ by describing how the horse is going by the fence by trotting up the fence. The verb trotting is used as an adjective here, which makes this the participle phrase. Hence this is the right answer.
Option B – This group of words may not fully qualify as a phrase let alone the absence of a participle. Hence this is not the right answer.
Option C – This option just gives the choice between two nouns and does not have a participle in it. Hence this is not the right answer.
Option D – This option indicates that the person mentioned in the story has an apple, but it does not contain any participle in it, hence this is not the right answer.

Thus, the correct option is A.

Additional Information: A participle phrase can also be called an adjective phrase.

Note:
To identify a participle phrase, it is helpful to check for verbs that also work as adjectives in the given context to arrive at an answer.