Question

In which of the following sentences is the phrase underlined?

I helped my younger brother build a sand castle at the beach.
My brother dug a giant hole using only a small pail and shovel.
After we built a sand castle, we jumped into the ocean for a swim.
At high tide, our sand castle was washed away by the waves.

Answer 1

choices (with underlined parts)

- I helped my younger brother build a sand castle at the beach.

- My brother dug a giant hole using only a small pail and shovel.

- After we built a sand castle, we jumped into the ocean for a swim.

- At high tide, our sand castle was washed away by the waves.

Answer 2

recall that a phrase is a group of words that does *not* include both a subject and verb

so out of the 4 choices, which one is a phrase?