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never [62]
3 years ago
15

Which word in the sentence is a gerund? Stretching after running, she touched her fingers to her toes. A. toes B. stretching C.

touched D. running
English
1 answer:
Lunna [17]3 years ago
3 0
A gerund has a -ing at the end, so A. toes and C. touched could not be gerund.

Among the other two options,  B. stretching  and D. running Stretching is a present participle (a verbal form) and running - a noun- is a gerund, since gerunds are nouns. 
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