Question

Locate the complete verbal phrase and identify its type. Jogging more than a mile is fun but strenuous. Verbal Phrase: Type:

Answer 1

The correct verbal phrase is: Jogging more than a mile.

The correct type of verbal is gerund. Remember that gerunds are verbs that 1) end in -ing and 2) function as nouns. Because gerunds function as nouns, they might be used as the subject or object in a sentence. Here, "jogging' is the subject of the sentence, which is one clue that this word is a gerund.

Answer 2

The complete verbal phrase is "jogging more than a mile" and it is a gerund. Gerunds are words that are formed from verbs but act as nouns.  Words that are formed from verbs but act as nouns are called verbals.

Furthermore, gerunds are a group of words, without a subject and a verb, which function as a part of speech. Therefore, gerunds, as you can see, consist of a gerund along with all its complements and mofiers.