that would be overworking ineffectively
Answer:
The sentence that has a gerund is:
B. Chewing the heels off all of my nice shoes is Stinker's favorite thing to do.
Explanation:
A gerund is a form that is derived from a verb. However, it functions as a noun. It is formed by adding -ing to the root of the verb. For example: dance - dancing; eat - eating; study - studying.
Among the options, the one that has a gerund is letter B. "Chewing the heels off all of my nice shoes is Stinker's favorite thing to do." The gerund "chewing" functions as a noun. In this sentence, more specifically, it functions as the subject.
Answer:
A. Workhouse authorities were extremely careless in their duties
This is because the passage doesn't say anything about children being weak due to poor nourishment nor parishioners wrongly criticizing their own officials, and if the legal system carefully monitored parish affairs then children wouldn't be getting scalded to death or overlooked.
