Excerpt from: Is Grammar Important? Carole Jenkins (10) Knowing the elements of a sentence and how sentences are structured can
help you to get across your intended meanings in your writing and speaking. In sentence 10 the words knowing, writing, and speaking are all examples of... A) gerunds.
B) infinitives.
C) participles.
D) simple subjects.
In sentence 10 the words knowing, writing, and speaking are all examples of gerunds
Explanation:
The line ten of this excerpt shows the use of gerunds as different parts of the speech, gerunds can have varied uses and they always end in "ing" such as "knowing, writing, and speaking", these gerunds can work as subject of the sentence, the direct object, the subject complement, or an object of a preposition.
In this story the author speaks about an Indian woman who has moved to Canada and describes washing his turbans. It is common in the Sikh religion for men to have long hair and wear turbans.
The family moves to Canada because they don't have enough money. The wife does not want him to cut his hair. But the man cuts his hair and takes off his turban.
Once when the woman takes her saris for the laundry she is illtreated there saying it was dishrag and towel.
