English-2
Grade-7
Easy

Question

Identify the type of phrase (in bold) in the following sentence:
“The bird flying above us landed on the tree.”

  1. Participle phrase
  2. Infinitive phrase
  3. Gerund phrase
  4. Verb phrase

hintHint:

A participle phrase is a group of words containing a participle, modifiers and other linked words. It always acts as an adjective in a sentence.

The correct answer is: Participle phrase


    The phrase given in bold does not contain an infinitive, so option b is eliminated. It also cannot be a gerund phrase because a gerund phrase acts as a noun in the sentence and here the noun is 'the bird', so option c is eliminated. The given phrase is not a verb phrase either because verb phrases require a verb plus another word that further illustrates the verb tense, action, and tone, so option d is eliminated. The participle phrase 'flying above us' serves as an adjective to modify the noun 'the bird'. Thus the correct answer is option a.

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