Taking notes about a speaker's topic before hearing the speech
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.
It would be A, because Everybody's Welcome is a title, and it acts like a name so it needs capital letters.
It wouldn't be B, because hometown isn't a name but a object/subject.
C, for the same reason as A : Everybody's Welcome is more of a name.
D. As I expected, she showed up late.