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Experiencing Change in Life and Literature: Mastery Test

Select the correct answer

What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?

For hundreds of years, the Miller family has been growing wheat in the little village of Smithville.

A

the Miller family

B.

in the little village

C has been growing

D. For hundreds of years

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The entire verb phrase would actually be "Has been growing wheat", but C is the closest to this, so I'd go with that.

Explanation:

The verb phrase is "the part of the sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject".

None of the other answer choices have a verb in them, so it must be C. has been growing.