Read the sentence below and complete the instruction that follows.

(by looking through the telescope), i have decided my next adventure will be to the moon.

identify the type of verbal phrase that has been underlined and its function in the sentence.

gerund; object of a preposition
infinitive; subject of the sentence
participial; adjective
infinitive; object of the verb

The correct answer is A. Gerund; object of a preposition

Explanation:

In grammar, a gerund refers to a word formed by adding "-ing" to a verb, for example, the words playing, living and looking are considered as gerunds. Additionally, this gerunds can become part of phrases and create verbal gerund phrases by adding words that describe the gerund in a more detailed way. In the case of the section of the sentence that is on parenthesis or underlined "By looking through the telescope" the gerund is the word "looking" and the verbal gerund phrase is "looking through the telescope". On the other hand, these type of phrases can work or function as adjectives, direct object, subject and others in sentences. In the case of the phrase "looking through the telescope" it functions mainly as an object of a preposition which means the phrase is preceded by the preposition which "by" and therefore the phrase becomes the object of it.

Thus, the type of verbal phrase, in this case, is gerund because the phrase contains a gerund "looking" that makes it a gerund phrase and its function is the object of a preposition as the phrase is introduced by the preposition "by" which means the phrase is the object of it.

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