Read the sentence. Scheduled too hectically, the misbegotten tour zigzagging from state to state left the reporter weary from the road. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase?

A participial phrase begins with a participle, a verb form used like an adjective. “Scheduled too hectically” begins with the past participle “scheduled” and describes the tour. “From state to state” is a prepositional phrase, not a participial phrase.

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