Question

swimming is a good exercise 'swimming ' in the beside sentence is a.........? ​

Answer 1

Action word verb
‘Swimming’ is a verb.

Answer 2

'Swimming' in the given sentence is a gerund.

• Gerunds are verbs that behave like a noun. Alternatively, they can be referred to as verbal nouns.
• The word 'swim' is a verb and the present participle form of it is 'swimming'.
• In this case, it is the subject of the sentence and performs the function of a noun. Therefore, it is a gerund.