Question

Which sentence contains a gerund?

Answer 1

Answer:

The sentence that contains a gerund is the first option, letter A. In sentence A the word fishing acts as a verb, but at the same time it can acts as a noun. Present participles do not act as nouns. Instead, they act as modifiers or complete progressive verbs.

Answer 2

The sentence contains a gerund saying is:

• A gerund is a word that takes the form of the verb in -ing, but acts as a noun when used in a sentence.

• A sentence containing the gerund says, "On a hot summer day, we always enjoy swimming."

• The gerund in this sentence is the word "swimming".

• This word is used as a noun especially as a direct object.

• In the first sentence the gerund is “slithering” and is used in a compound word.
• In the second sentence the gerund "walk" is used as the head.
• In the fifth sentence the gerund "watch" is used as the subject.