Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

The day we went to Daytona Beach, we observed nearly everyone basking in the warm sunlight.

A. warm sunlight

B. Nearly everyone

C. to Daytona Beach

D. basking in the warm sunlight

E. we went

The participial phrase in the sentence The day we went to Daytona Beach, we observed nearly everyone basking in the warm sunlight is option D. Basking in the warm sunlight. The participial phrase in this case is a participial clause that it is introduced by a participle to connect ideas. A present participle is used to replace an active verb in the present or past.