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Watching the lionness care for her cubs was the highlight of our trip.



Identify the type of verbal phrase that has been underlined.
A) participial
B) infinitive
C)gerund
D) prepositional

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Watching the lioness care for her cubs was the highlight of our trip. - is a gerund phrase,  the subject of this sentence has to be a noun. 

your answer is C) - gerund
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Answer:

C: gerund

Explanation:

The verbal phrase 'Watching the lionness care for her cubs' has a gerund (Watching) functioning as a noun. The verbal phrases can be used as other parts of the speech: nouns, adverbs or adjectives. In this case the gerund corresponds to a noun, which is also part of the subject of the sentence : "Watching the lioness care for her cubs".

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