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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.

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.

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