Question

Select the verbal; indicate whether it is a participle, gerund, or infinitive; and indicate how it functions in the sentence. Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses

Answer 1

It is a gerund. If we added the preposition 'by' like, 'by sprinting the gazelle outran...', we'd know better that prepositions, the case with 'by' for instance, went with gerunds.

Answer 2

Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses.

Verbal:   Sprinting

Type:   Participle

Function:  Adjective

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