Asked by winnie

Use the sentence to answer the question.

It didn’t seem like it, but we were looking at the clouds in the sky and watching birds for hours.

What is the verb phrase in the sentence?

(1 point)
Responses

for hours
for hours

were looking
were looking

watching birds
watching birds

seem like

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
were looking

Explanation: "were looking" is the verb phrase (auxiliary "were" + present participle "looking") describing the action; "watching birds" is a second verb phrase in the compound predicate.