Question

In which sentence are the words in bold the complete verb phrase?

Responses
a Chirping noisily, the baby birds wait for their mother to return.
a Chirping noisily, the baby birds wait for their mother to return.

b The babies have hatched from their eggs.
b The babies have hatched from their eggs.

c The mother bird had been sitting on her eggs for many weeks.
c The mother bird had been sitting on her eggs for many weeks.

d Within the branches sits the bird’s nest.

Answer 1

In the sentence **b** "The babies have hatched from their eggs," the words in bold represent the complete verb phrase. The complete verb phrase is "have hatched."

### Explanation:
- **a**: "wait" is the main verb, but "to return" is an infinitive phrase, not part of the verb phrase.
- **b**: "have hatched" is the complete verb phrase.
- **c**: "had been sitting" is the complete verb phrase, but "sitting" is not bolded.
- **d**: "sits" is the main verb, but it's not a complete verb phrase by itself.

So the correct answer is **b**.