Question 6 • 2026 Summer 305 ELA/ESOL CR_Grade 8
A gerund is a verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun. In “Hiking is a great form of exercise,” “Hiking” names an activity and serves as the subject of the sentence, so it is a gerund. In the other choices, the -ing words are part of verb phrases or describe nouns.
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