Question

speak out gerund
from the sentence and make a new sentence (Mary Kom grew up in a surrounding which was
humble)

Answer 1

sorrounding is the gerund in this sentence perhaps!

Answer 2

Explanation:

Here the surrounding is the gerund in the sentence as according to the definition of the gerund the word is used as the noun but actually it is a verb. Thus the word surround which is originally a verb used here as noun by adding the ing with the word. A gerund phrase will begin with a gerund and in this case you need to use ing word. Such phrases always function as noun.