Question

smoking is injurious to health (tell the verbal phrase)​

Answer 1

Answer:

A gerund, though it looks exactly like a verbal noun, has many properties of a verb and can take objects. It can also be modified by an adverb. Smoking cigarettes is injurious to health. (Here the -ing form smoking is a gerund and takes the object cigarettes.)

Answer 2

Answer:

"is injurious" is a verbal phrase here.