Watching the lionness care for her cubs was the highlight of our trip.

which role does the underlined verbal phrase serve in the sentence?

object of a preposition

subject of the verb

object of the verb

adjective

watching the lionness care for her cubs
is underlined

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Subject of the verb.

The verbal phrase in this sentence ("watching the lionness care for her cubs") is the subject of the verb. The verb "was" is identifying the "watching...," while the rest of the sentence ("the highlight of the trip") is providing more information on this subject. The subject of the sentence is the object, place, thing or idea that is doing or being what the verb describes.

1. Ok, when we finish eating we will play tennis.
2. To not get wet, my sister took her umbrella on her walk.
3. Everywhere, you can see birds and flowers.
4. Everywhere, there were butterflies of every color.