B) Because there is the past, present, and future. There is Informative, Demonstrative speeches, persuasive, and Entertaining.<span />
Answer:
preparing dinner
object of a preposition
Explanation:
In <em>very simple words</em>, gerunds are nouns (that end in -ing). As nouns, they can function as subjects and objects depending on their position in the sentence.
<span> "...like every white farm, was largely unused, broken only occasionally by small patches of cultivation.”</span>
The 2nd choice is the most engaging
