Identify the participial phrases and participles that are used as

Question

adjectives in the following sentences. Give the noun or pronoun
each participle or participial phrase modifies.

1. She heard me sighing loudly.
2. Aided by good weather and clear skies, the sailors sailed into port a
day early.
3. Searching through old clothes in a trunk, Ricardo found a map
showing the location of.a buried treasure.
4. Sparta and Athens, putting aside their own rivalry, joined forces to
fight the Persians.
5. I would love to see it blooming; it must be quite a sight!
6. The cat hissed at the dog barking in the yard next door.

1. singing loudly-me
2. aided by good weather and clear skies- sailors
3. searching through old clothes in a truck-ricardo
showing the location-map
buried treasure-map
4. putting aside their own rivalry-sparta, athens
5. blooming-it
6. barking in the yard-dog

Answer 1

1. singing or sighing -- either way, it's correct.
2. correct
3. correct
4. correct
5. correct
6. almost correct; the participial phrase is incomplete