Asked by epstien

What is the participial phrase in the sentence?

The tomatoes planted in the garden are ripening nicely and growing quite tall.

Responses

growing quite tall

growing quite tall

The tomatoes
The tomatoes

ripening nicely

ripening nicely

planted in the garden

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"planted in the garden"

Explanation: "planted in the garden" is a past-participial phrase modifying "the tomatoes." "ripening nicely" and "growing quite tall" are present-participle verb phrases in the predicate (part of the progressive verb), not adjectival participial phrases.