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appositive, participial phrase, or adjective clause???

the directions are Underline the appositive, participial phrase, or adjective clause in each sentence below. If it is restrictive, write R on the blank next to it. If it is nonrestrictive, add the necessary puncuation.

9. The family living in the old Winston house is planning to renovate it completely.

10. A notorious animal is the Cape buffalo consdidered the most dangerous of Africa’s game.

I cant figure them out help please :]

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A few days ago
Momsdiamonds

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A participial phrase looks like a verb but acts like an adjective describing a noun. So if you can eliminate the verb in the sentence, then you can look for the participle. So the action in the sentence is “is planning” so you can eliminate that. Now look for another word that looks like a verb. That would be “living” so “living in the old Winston house” describes the noun “family” making it the participial phrase.

Now you need to look at whether it’s restrictive or non-restrictive. So take out the participial phrase and see if the sentence makes sense. So you have “The family is planning to renovate it completely.” Well, what family are we talking about? The one “living in the old Winston house.” So we need the phrase to understand the sentence making the phrase restrictive.

Go through the same process with the second.

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