Question

What is the verb phrase in the sentence? The neighbor's dog was barking excitedly.

A.
dog was


B.
neighbor's dog was


C.
was barking


D.
was barking excitedly

Answer 1

The answer is option D "was barking excitedly." The verb phrase is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is doing. So in this case is that the dog was barking excitedly which is telling the action of the dog.

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