Select the noun phrase to complete the sentence.
at the beach today, the lifeguard watched just of shore.
a. closely and patiently
b. with great focus
c. a pod of sleek dolphins
d. a surfer do a trick
select the adjective phrase to complete the sentence.
we have rented an apartment
a. because of the price
b. across the street
c. for five years
d. with great pride
which answer identifies the participial phrase and the word it modifies in this sentence?
the rain drumming on the roof provides a cozy feeling in the small mountain cabin.
a. the participial phrase in the small mountain cabin modifies feeling.
b. the participial phrase drumming on the roof modifies rain.
c. the participial phrase a cozy feeling modifies cabin.
d. the participial phrase the rain modifies drumming.

At the beach today, the lifeguard watched just of the shore.

C. A pod of sleek dolphins

We have rented an apartment

B. Across the street

The rain drumming on the roof provides a cozy feeling in the small mountain cabin.

B. The participial phrase drumming on the roof modifies rain.

Explanation:

A noun phrase is a phrase which includes a noun and functions as a subject or object in the sentence.

An adjective phrase is a phrase which contains an adjective in the initial part of the phrase.

A participial phrase consists of a participle and a noun, pronoun or noun phrase.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.