Question

1. What is the complete predicate of the sentence below? Looking up from his computer monitor, Jason mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone. A. Looking up from his computer monitor, —— mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone. B. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone. C. picked up the phone D. mopped his brow

Answer 1

B. is the correct answer

Answer 2

B. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.

The predicate of the sentence is the main verbs and anything else that describes what is happening in the sentence. The main verbs of this sentence are mopped, exhaled, and picked. "Looking up from his computer monitor" is not part of the predicate as it describes Jason who is the subject. It is a participial phrase.