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Practice and Apply Identify the verbal phrase in each sentence. Tell how you
know it is a gerund phrase or a participial
phrase.
1. Men grabbed buckets and started pouring water onto the flames.
2. Blinded by the smoke, workers could not find their way.
3. The fire was like a wild beast, attacking everything in its path.
4. Some people met their death by leaping out a window.



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Final answer:

Identifying verbal phrases as gerunds or participial phrases in provided sentences.


Explanation:

In the provided sentences:

  1. Men grabbed buckets and started pouring water onto the flames. - Pouring water onto the flames is a participial phrase describing the action of the subject 'Men.'
  2. Blinded by the smoke, workers could not find their way. - Blinded by the smoke is a participial phrase modifying the subject 'workers.'
  3. The fire was like a wild beast, attacking everything in its path. - Attacking everything in its path is a participial phrase describing the fire.
  4. Some people met their death by leaping out a window. - By leaping out a window is a gerund phrase acting as an adverbial phrase.

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