Question

Which words are the first and last words of the participial phrase in this sentence? 

Crunching popcorn the whole time, we were totally engrossed with the movie.



 
A.
crunching popcorn


 
B.
crunching time


 
C.
totally engrossed


 
D.
totally movie

Answer 1

A.
crunching popcorn

is the partical phrase glad i could assist you

Answer 2

D. The phrase is everything before the comma. The participle is crunching, popcorn is the subject of the phrase, and rest is an adverb phrase.