Which sentence contains a correctly used participial phrase? a) camping by the lakeside, the squawking geese kept me awake. b) after brushing on another stroke of fiery crimson, the canvas looked complete. c) peering through the rain spattered window, the scenery appeared lush and verdant. d) kicking the ball into the upper left hand corner of the goal, the striker scored the winning goal.

The correct answer is D. Kicking the ball into the upper left-hand corner of the goal, the striker scored the winning goal.

Explanation:

In grammar, a participle is a word ending in -ing or -ed that is not a verb but works as a noun or adjective. In the case of participial phrases, these are phrases that contain a participle and other words that complete the meaning of the participle and that modify other words in the sentence, because of it this, it is common participial phrases describe or give information about the noun of the sentence.

This implies a correct used participial phrase is one in which the phrase begins with a participial and is followed by other words that are linked to its meaning and one in which the participial phrase describes the subject. Considering this, the phrase that contains a correctly uses participial phrase is "Kicking the ball into the upper left hand corner of the goal, the striker scored the winning goal" because in this case the participial phrase is "Kicking the ball into the upper left-hand corner of the goal" and this participial phrase is the only from the options that modifies or describes the subject of the sentence or "the striker", which is one of the main functions of this type of phrases.

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