a. abstention : absence
b. commodiousness : size
c. straits : hardship
d. conjugation : nouns
A) participial
B) infinitive
C)gerund
D) prepositional
Answer:
C: gerund
Explanation:
The verbal phrase 'Watching the lionness care for her cubs' has a gerund (Watching) functioning as a noun. The verbal phrases can be used as other parts of the speech: nouns, adverbs or adjectives. In this case the gerund corresponds to a noun, which is also part of the subject of thesentence : "Watching the lioness care for her cubs".
B: ABCABCA
C: ABBABBC
D: ABABBCC
b. after we eat dinner
c. we will have dessert
d. beyond the horizon
This is correct I just took the test its D
subject
direct object
predicate nominative
object of a preposition