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QuizMultiple Choice

Verb Tense and Voice

Question 6 • WI-English Language Arts 8 A

Which sentence contains a gerund?

Answer
A
My cell phone battery is dying.
B
Don't worry about every detail.
C
Was Gigi holding the crying baby?
D
Hiking is a great form of exercise.

Explanation

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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