Which choice begins with a gerund phrase and ends with a participle phrase?

A) I wept in bed for hours after a long, sad week.

B) I was broken after a long, sad week and could only weep in bed for hours.

C) Weeping for hours in bed is how I spent my day; it had been a long, sad week.

D) Weeping for hours in bed is how I spent my day, broken after a long, sad week.

The answer is option D (Weeping for hours in bed is how I spent my day, broken after a long, sad week).

In a gerund phrase, the head is a verb that ends in ING. This type of phrase can fulfill all the functions of a noun. For example, in this particular case, "weeping" is the head of the subject.

A participial phrase looks like a verb but it is an adjective since it modifies a noun. In this case, the participial phrase is "broken after..."

nambe vazhkaile elam nala irukum

odysseus shows many acts of bravery in homer's epic poem the odyssey. first, he shows bravery when he tricks polyphemus, the cyclops, and gouges out his eye. this is an act of bravery. it will also cost him because polyphemus was the son of poseidon, the god of the sea.

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