Locate the complete verbal phrase in the following sentence. the boy playing the piano has spent much time in practice. type of verbal: verbal phrase:

Type of Verbal: Participial Phrase Verbal Phrase: playing the piano

The phrase "playing the piano" describes which boy they are talking about. A participial phrase is one that acts as an adjective in the sentence. The other verb phrase in the sentence is "has spent". This is the main verb phrase with has as a helping verb and spent as an action verb.