Question

"Juana carried Coyotito on her back, covered and held in by her head shawl."

Answer 1

Answer:

(Participle) on her back (Gerund) covered/carried, Held in by her head shawl.

Explanation:

"Juana carried Coyotito on her back, covered and held in by her head shawl."

Break it down into parts:

was is the helping verb

Walking is the Gerund

To the mall is the Infinite

For example: She was walking quickly to the mall.

Remember this:

Its basically the same thing.

Gerund:

All Gerunds end with an -ing, if it is past tense then it would end with -ed. Gerunds are usually the action of doing or being done.

Participial Phrase:

A participial phrase consists of a participle plus modifier(s), object(s), and/or complement(s). Participles and participial phrases must be placed as close to the nouns or pronouns they modify as possible, and those nouns or pronouns must be clearly stated.

A verbal Phrase has a helping verb and the main verb.

Am, is, are,was, were, being, been, be, have, has had, do, does, did, shall should,will, would, may, must, can, could.

Pictures of some examples of Verbal Phrase, Infinitate Phrase, and Gerund Phrase will be below:

Remember Verb Phrases are an ACTION Some of the pictures might help.

I hope this helped! I am sorry if its incorrect.