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1. What type of phrase is underlined in the sentence below?

(Lying in bed), I heard a strange noise.

prepositional
participial
gerund
infinitive

2. What type of phrase is underlined in the sentence below?

The committee (running the event) erected a tent.

prepositional
participial
infinitive

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Participial, Participial

A participial is a verb used an adjective. In the first sentence, the participial phrase "Lying in bed" describes "I' by saying where I is when it hears the strange noise. The other participial phrase is "running the event". "Running in the even" describes who the committee is.

Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a preposition. A gerund is a verb phrase that acts as a noun. An infinitive is the basic form for all verbs and is usually preceded by the word 2.

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The first one sentense is a paticipial phrase and the second one sentense is also a participial phrase
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