<u>Answer:</u>
Gerund phrase in the given sentence is ‘reading about history’.
<u>Explanation:</u>
A gerund are words formed with a “verb” ending with ‘ing’ but they act as nouns. For example: swimming, reading, drinking etc can be used as “gerunds”.
A “gerund phrase” will begin with gerund and include other objects and modifiers. The entire gerund phrase acts as noun in the sentence. For example, in the sentence, “I recommend reading books at home”, gerund phrase is ‘reading books at home’.
In the given sentence, gerund phrase ‘reading about history’, begins with gerund - ‘read’+ ‘ing’. It is acting as direct object here. If you ask a question, what Caroline loves? Answer is ‘reading about history’.
When the pandemic happened a lot changed especially our lives. For example not being able to go places or see family, always having to wear a mask always having to fear of getting sick. The pandemic change me significantly I am now scared to go out in public and not wear a mask. I think that it has affected a lot of people in many ways and especially with school. From my experience from this pandemic my grades have tremendously went down.
The South resisted the decision of Brown vs. Board of Education. This makes sense. Brown vs. Board of Education ruled that segregating schools based on race was unconstitutional.