To determine which sentence keeps the same meaning as the original and uses a participial phrase, we first need to understand the key components of the original sentence:
- The event of the basketball being shot through the air.
- The outcome that it did not land close to the net.
Now, let's analyze the options:
A. "After it was shot in the air, the basketball landed nowhere close to the net."
- This maintains the meaning but does not use a participial phrase; it uses a dependent clause instead.
B. "The basketball is shot through the air, but it does not land anywhere close to the net."
- This changes the tense from past to present, so it doesn't keep the same meaning.
C. "The basketball did not land anywhere close to the net, after the basketball was shot through the air."
- Similar to option A, this uses a clause and does not utilize a participial phrase.
D. "Shooting through the air, the basketball did not land anywhere close to the net."
- This uses a participial phrase ("Shooting through the air") and conveys that the basketball did not land close to the net after being shot.
Therefore, the correct answer is D. "Shooting through the air, the basketball did not land anywhere close to the net." It retains the intended meaning and uses a participial phrase.
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