Select the noun phrase to complete the sentence.
at the beach today, the lifeguard watched just of shore.
a. closely and patiently
b. with great focus
c. a pod of sleek dolphins
d. a surfer do a trick
select the adjective phrase to complete the sentence.
we have rented an apartment
a. because of the price
b. across the street
c. for five years
d. with great pride
which answer identifies the participial phrase and the word it modifies in this sentence?
the rain drumming on the roof provides a cozy feeling in the small mountain cabin.
a. the participial phrase in the small mountain cabin modifies feeling.
b. the participial phrase drumming on the roof modifies rain.
c. the participial phrase a cozy feeling modifies cabin.
d. the participial phrase the rain modifies drumming.

At the beach today, the lifeguard watched just of the shore.

C. A pod of sleek dolphins

We have rented an apartment

B. Across the street

The rain drumming on the roof provides a cozy feeling in the small mountain cabin.

B. The participial phrase drumming on the roof modifies rain.

Explanation:

A noun phrase is a phrase which includes a noun and functions as a subject or object in the sentence.

An adjective phrase is a phrase which contains an adjective in the initial part of the phrase.

A participial phrase consists of a participle and a noun, pronoun or noun phrase.

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explanation:

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.