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Question

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.
Hearing the noise, the boy woke up.

A
woke up
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B
the boy woke up
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C
hearing
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D
hearing the noise
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Solution

The correct option is D hearing the noise
Option A is incorrect because it is a phrasal verb
Option B is incorrect because it is the primary part of the sentence with the finite verb
Option C is incorrect because it is the participle, not the entire phrase
Option D is correct as the phrase 'hearing the noise' is governed by the participle 'hearing'

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