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lapo4ka [179]
3 years ago
5

Identify the italicized phrase in the sentence below. His hobby is writing poetry. This phrase is a(n): infinitive phrase prepos

itional phrase participial phrase gerund phrase
English
2 answers:
tatyana61 [14]3 years ago
4 0
In the sentence "His hobby is writing poetry," the phrase "writing poetry" is a gerund phrase. A gerund phrase is verb+ ing which functions as a noun. In the sentence, the phrase "writing poetry" is a noun acting as a complement of the subject. 

His hobby = writing poetry. This means "writing poetry" complements the subject "His hobby".
AlekseyPX3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

gerund

Explanation:

I had this same question and gerund phrase was correct

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