Answer:
The sentence that has a gerund is:
B. Chewing the heels off all of my nice shoes is Stinker's favorite thing to do.
Explanation:
A gerund is a form that is derived from a verb. However, it functions as a noun. It is formed by adding -ing to the root of the verb. For example: dance - dancing; eat - eating; study - studying.
Among the options, the one that has a gerund is letter B. "Chewing the heels off all of my nice shoes is Stinker's favorite thing to do." The gerund "chewing" functions as a noun. In this sentence, more specifically, it functions as the subject.
Answer:
I would consider a 3 or a 4 in difficulty. I'm considered a "gifted reader". I read Harry Potter in 4 hours in 3rd grade and "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" in 6th grade. I'm in 9th grade right now, I breezed through my AP ELA Class in 2 months getting a final grade of 98%. I'm currently reading Ulysses.
Explanation:
A few would be maybe a change in mating? Like if the animal isn't leaving it's habitat to go and get nutrition and mate then something might be off with the animal, or the seasons are messing them up due to weather.
Another would be possibly be animals who usually don't go into competition, going into it with animals that are usually in a good zone, most likely due to food dropping or habitat population increase.
And then there's invasive species, they come in and kill off animal species causing a whole environmental habitat of animals to die off, eat their food and take in all the nutrients, and then possibly animals having to go off and find a new habitat causing them to become invasive species.
