Question

Read the sentence.

Writers use verbal phrases containing gerunds, infinitives, and participles to add variety and interest to their writing.

What type of phrase is the underlined phrase in the sentence?

a gerund phrase
an infinitive phase
a participial phase
a prepositional phrase

Answer 1

the answer to your question is B

Answer 2

The correct answer is option two.

An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive verb, and can be followed by a complement or a modifier, which is usually an adverb.

In the sentence above, the infinitive phrase comes before a complement "variety and interest to their writing."