Read the following sentence:
rowing in the lake is one of my father's favorite sunday afternoon activities.
which of the following correctly describes the verbal and its function in this sentence?
rowing is a gerund functioning as a noun.
favorite is a gerund functioning as an adjective.
activities is a participle describing afternoon.
is one is an adjectival infinitive.

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.