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Which words in the sentence make up the participial phrase?

The bus driver, taking a break, stopped by the diner for lunch.

Athe bus driver
Bfor lunch
Cstopped by the diner
Dtaking a break

Verified Answer :

The participial phrase is the phrase with the participle, which is a verbal form that can function as an adjective, for example "reading" in " the reading girl".

Here it's "taking" as in Taking a break: the correct answer is d.