The president of the company was attending the mandatory sales meeting. which type of phrase or clause is underlined in the sentence? noun clause verb phrase adjectival phrase adverbial clause

Assuming the underlined part is was attending, the correct answer is verb phrase.

There is no noun clause in the sentence above, so you can eliminate that option immediately. There are also no adjectival phrases, or adverbial clauses, so the only correct answer is verb phrase. A verb phrase is a verb that consists of more than one part, like was attending in this example, or will go, has been doing, etc.

my dad purchased natural colorings in a specialty store

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.