Which words in the sentence form the participial phrase?

sitting patiently, my mother read a magazine in the waiting room.

a. my mother read

b. read a magazine

c. sitting patiently

d. in the waiting room

The correct answer to this question is:

C. Sitting patiently

A participial phrase is a form of verb functioning as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. In this sentence, the participial phrase comes before the main clause and it is followed by a comma.

the audience knows that nora is intentionally failing to dance correctly, but helmer doesnt

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.