a. will race
The verb phrase in the statement above is "will race". In order to better understand what verb phrase is, one must have a clear understanding of what is a verb and what is a phrase. A verb phrase can be the sentence's predicate or a clause. The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is doing. A verb phrase sometimes serves as an adjective or adverb complete with a verb, the complements and others.
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Thoughts
Effects
Action
Looks
Dialogue: we can tell how the character talks (like rude language, good language)
Actions: we can tell how the character acts
Thoughts: we know what the character thinks
Interaction with others: we know how the character interacts with other people
Opinions of other: we know what this character thinks about others
I would say all of them except opinions on others. Like, you can be a nice person and think negatively about someone (well that's me).
Past progressive is the correct answer.