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UI Post-UTME Use of English 2019 (Model questions) Question 22

Question 22

Sentence Structure

Indicate the grammatical name of the underlined structure: Confused by the students' protest, the University was shut down.

  1. A.participial phrase
  2. B.verb phrase
  3. C.infinitival phrase
  4. D.finite verb
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Answer: A (participial phrase)

Explanation

It is headed by the past participle 'confused' and describes the noun 'the University', so it is a participial phrase.