Question
Identify the phrase in parentheses as a gerund phrase, participle phrase or infinitive phrase.
When the Christmas holidays arrive,
(bustling shoppers fill the stores).
I think it is a gerund phrase because it acts as a noun
When the Christmas holidays arrive,
(bustling shoppers fill the stores).
I think it is a gerund phrase because it acts as a noun
Answers
Ms. Sue
You have three words too many. A phrase does not include a verb.
Ms. Sue
Bustling is a participle, modifying the noun shoppers.