Question
Which part of the sentence below is a participial phrase?
Waving her arms, our mother tried to get our attention so we did not get on the wrong bus.
on the wrong bus
our mother tried
to get
Waving her arms
Waving her arms, our mother tried to get our attention so we did not get on the wrong bus.
on the wrong bus
our mother tried
to get
Waving her arms
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The participial phrase in the sentence is "Waving her arms." A participial phrase typically begins with a present or past participle and includes any modifiers or objects associated with it. In this case, "Waving" is the present participle, and "her arms" is the object of the phrase.