Question

Reading is my favourite pastime. reading is
(a) participle
(b) infinitive
(c) gerund
(d) none of these​

Answer 1

In the sentence ' Reading is my favorite pastime', the word reading is a gerund.

What is a gerund?

• In the English grammar, we can simply describe a gerund as a form of verb which acts as a noun in a sentence.

• A gerund usually ends with an -ing.

• For example, Swimming is fun this part of the year. Here, swimming is the gerund as it is a verb but is acting as a noun in the sentence.