Question

Watching the lionness care for her cubs was the highlight of our trip.

Identify the type of verbal phrase that has been underlined.
A) participial
B) infinitive
C)gerund
D) prepositional

Answer 1

C: gerund

Step-by-step explanation:

The verbal phrase 'Watching the lionness care for her cubs' has a gerund (Watching) functioning as a noun. The verbal phrases can be used as other parts of the speech: nouns, adverbs or adjectives. In this case the gerund corresponds to a noun, which is also part of the subject of the sentence : "Watching the lioness care for her cubs".

Answer 2

Watching the lioness care for her cubs was the highlight of our trip. - is a gerund phrase, the subject of this sentence has to be a noun.

your answer is C) - gerund