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english question ?
which sentence contains words in italics that form a gerund phrase ?
( a gerund is a verb form used the same way as a noun )
a. the laughing boy sat down.
b.an interesting novel provides good entertainment.
c.winning the race demanded speed and endurance.
d. i am going home.
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the answer, I think, is c.
A gerund is a verb form that is being used as a noun.
“Winning” is the subject of the sentence – it’s being used in place of a noun.
The other “ing” words in these sentences are being used in other ways, but none as a noun :
Laughing is modfying the word boy.
interesting is modifying the word novel.
going is being used as part of the verb (am going).
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A few days ago
None of them contain words in italics but the answer is C. Winning is the noun in that sentence. In all the other sentences, the ‘ing’ form is either an adjective or part of a verb.
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C
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