The bone, broken in two places, healed slowly. Which of the following best describes the underlined phrase? A. essential present participial phrase B. nonessential present participial phrase C. essential past participial phrase D. nonessential past participial phrase Check Answer

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The correct answer is D. nonessential past participial phrase.
The phrase broken in two places is nonessential - it means that if it were deleted from the sentence, the meaning would stay the same and it wouldn't change. Nonessential elements are usually set off by commas. This is also a past participial phrase because broken is past participle - present participle would be breaking.