The subject would be the who or what so for example in your first problem it would be mom. the predicate is what that who or what is doing. so in problem one it would be that she likes to put cherries on her cereal. ( circle mom, underline likes to put cherries on her cereal.)
Answer:
oh I didn't know there's separate ones, let me solve it since I got time.
Explanation:
Answer: C. have been waiting patiently for winter since the spring.
Explanation: A verbal phrase is the part of a sentence that contains the verb and any direct or indirect objects, but it doesn't include the subject (the person, animal or group that perform the action of the verb). In the given sentence, the subject is "I" and the verbal phrase is " have been waiting patiently for winter since the spring", where the verb is "have been waiting" and the rest of the phrase are the modifiers.
