PART A What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?

Exercising daily, Ashley prepared for the annual race at the state park.

A. Exercising daily
B. prepared for
C. the annual race
D. at the state park
PART B
In the sentence, which word does the participial phrase from Part A modify?

A. Ashley
B. prepared
C. race
D. park

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.