Milo is a young man who experiences the majority of his days in a condition of shocking fatigue. This standard changes when Milo travels through the baffling pretend tollbooth that shows up in his room one day. Milo does not trust that anything he learns—numbers, words, or whatever else—is pertinent to regular day to day existence.
The answer is gerund because golfing ends in ING
b.subordinate clause.
A subordinate clause is essentially a sentence fragment. It can't stand by itself and make sense. That means it is dependent on an independent clause for meaning. It can be connected to that independent clause either before or after it.
Ex.
Dependent (subordinate) clause: when you get home
Independent clause: We will watch TV.
Combined: We will watch TV when you get home.
Combined: When you get home, we will watch TV.
Her nervousness had a profound effect on her ability to play the piano it effects me too