Locate the complete gerund or infinitive phrase and identify its use. stop making that noise! verbal phrase: use:

Making that noise is the gerund phrase.

Explanation:

A gerund is word that is in the verb form but ending with an -ing that makes it function as a noun. A gerund phrase is formed when the gerund pars alongside a modifier or an object or sometimes even both.

In the given sentence, the gerund phrase will be

"making a noise",

where "making" is the gerund and "a noise' is the modifier. The gerund phrase in the sentence is used as a noun.

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