A Gerund is a verb ending in -ing so I got A and C.
Answer: The key exchange would be this:
"Ah," said Maman-Nainaine, arching her eyebrows, "how early the figs have ripened this year!"
"Oh," said Babette, "I think they have ripened very late."
A, Derek treated his motorbike with abominable disregard.
Narrow and gentle are the predicate adjectives that modify Missouri
