Question

Locate the complete verbal phrase in the following sentence. The boy playing the piano has spent much time in practice.

Answer 1

There is two verbal phrases one is, playing the piano, the other is spent much time in practice

Answer 2

Verbal phrases include verbals and their modifiers. There are three kinds of verbal phrases: gerunds, infinitive, and participial phrases. In this case, the verbal phrase (playing the piano) is underlined below and it is in gerund.

The boy playing the piano has spent much time in practice.