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.

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.