Question

In which sentence are the words in ••bold•• the complete verb phrase?

Chirping noisily, •the baby birds• wait for their mother to return.
•Within the branches sits• the bird’s nest.
The babies •have hatched• from their eggs.
The mother bird had •been• sitting on her eggs for many weeks.

Answer 1

"The babies **have hatched** from their eggs." Is the correct answer.

Answer 2

The babies •have hatched• from their eggs.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence that presents the whole verb phrase in bold is the third sentence. In this sentence, the words in bold include "have" and "hatched." "Have" is a helping verb, while "hatched" is a main verb. Therefore, both are included in the complete verb phrase.