Question

Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence:

Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bread.

• A. he stole a piece of bread
• B. a piece of bread
• C. driven by hunger
• D. NO participle phrase

Answer 1

The correct option is C driven by hunger

A participle is that form of the verb which acts as both a Verb and an Adjective.
A participle phrase will begin with a present or past participle. If the participle is present, it will dependably end in ing. Likewise a regular past participle will end in a consistent ed.
Since, all phrases require two or more words, a participle phrase will often include objects and/or modifiers that complete the thought.
Participle phrases always function as adjectives,adding description to the sentence.
In this case,

Option C is correct. 'Driven by hunger' is the participle phrase which describes the pronoun ' he'. The past participle 'driven' introduces the participle phrase.

Option A is incorrect as 'he stole a piece of bread' is the principal part or the sentence containing the finite verb stole'.

Option B is incorrect because 'a piece of bread' is a phrase but does not contain any participle.

Option D is incorrect.