Question

Identify the gerunds and participles in the

following sentences:

(a) He has ruined his lungs by smoking.

(b) We saw a clown standing on his head.

(c) He hates spending money.

(d) Waving their hands, the spectators cheered

the runners.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Smoking (Participle)

b. standing (Participle)

c. spending (Participle)

d. Waving (Participle)

Explanation:

Gerund means -ing form of verb working as a noun but since none of the above -ing verbs are working as a noun so its mean they are participles.