External conflict often leads to internal conflict because its just like cause and effect remember that?
The gerund phrases are:
- "Being the accounts manager" (Subject)
- "blowing bubbles to his little sister" (Subjet Complement)
Gerund phrases begin with a gerund or -ing word, and include other modifiers and objects. They function as nouns, and can be the subject, subject complement or direct object of the sentence.
The rest of the alternatives are not gerund phrases because options one and three possess an infinitive verb ("to bring" and "to win"), and "Hiking for two hours" is a present participle clause.
Answer:
My answer to the question is option A.
But option C and D can also be applicable
A. Crusoe wants freedom, so he leaves his parents' house, but then he's forced to be a slave to a ship captain.
