Question

F. Point out the participles and gerunds in the following sentences. In the case of the Participle, name the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. In the case of the Gerund, state whether it is a subject object, complement, or used after preposition. Write your answer in the given space: 1. Hearing the music, she ran to the door. 2. We spent the afternoon watching movie. 3. She preferred dancing to learning her lessons. 4. Jumping over the wall, the cat escaped. 5. I was surprised at Meena being absent. 6. The year was spent in visiting historical places. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Look at the pair of sentences below. In the first, the use of a gerund (functioning as a noun) allows the meaning to be expressed more precisely than in the second. In the first sentence, the interrupting, a specific behavior, is precisely indicated as the cause of the speaker's irritation. In the