Read the sentence. To the best of our knowledge, he decided that his major would be acting. Which does the sentence contain?

“Acting” names the activity chosen as his major, so it functions as a noun. A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun is a gerund. Therefore, the sentence contains a gerund, not a participle modifying a noun or an infinitive such as “to act.”

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