Read the sentence. The brash seagull swooped over the divers before they plunged into the water. Where is the best place to insert the participial phrase "synchronizing their watches" in the sentence? before "over" after "divers" after "before" after "water"

after "before".

The brash seagull swooped over the divers. Before synchronizing their watches, they plunged into the water.

A participial phrase is a group words containing a present (-ing) or past (-en) participle, modifiers, objects, and complements. It functions as an adjective.