Question

26). Identify how the verbal is used in the following sentence.

Answer 1

D. gerund phrase as a direct object

Gerund is one of three kinds of verbals. Like all verbals, gerunds are nouns derived from verbs. Gerunds end in -ing. In the sentence, "leading" is the gerund. This gerund phrase is used as the direct object.

Answer 2

Answer:

D. gerund phrase as a direct object

Explanation:

A geruns is a verb in the -ing form which functions as a noun. In the sentence given, the gerund phrase works as a direct object of the verb enjoy. As a result, it receives the action if the verb.

The rest of the options are incorrect because participial phrases work as adjectives, a predicate noun indicates a state and follows a linking verb like be, and the gerund phrase does not function as the subject in this sentence.