{"id":38331,"date":"2025-06-26T09:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=38331"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:27:20","slug":"which-of-the-following-sentences-contains-a-gerund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/which-of-the-following-sentences-contains-a-gerund\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following sentences contains a gerund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following sentences contains a gerund? A. The price of prime commodities keeps on increasing. B. Each household head needs to learn how to prioritize needs over wants in the family. C. Teaching a child to save money is a good habit. D. Both a &amp; c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: C. Teaching a child to save money is a good habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>gerund<\/strong> is the <strong>-ing form of a verb<\/strong> that <strong>functions as a noun<\/strong> in a sentence. It can act as a subject, an object, or a complement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s examine each sentence to identify whether it contains a gerund:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A. The price of prime commodities keeps on increasing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The word <em>increasing<\/em> is an <strong>-ing form<\/strong>, but in this sentence, it functions as part of the <strong>verb phrase<\/strong> \u201ckeeps on increasing.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here, <em>increasing<\/em> is not used as a noun but as part of the <strong>progressive verb phrase<\/strong>, so this is <strong>not a gerund<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B. Each household head needs to learn how to prioritize needs over wants in the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This sentence contains the phrase <em>to learn<\/em>, which is an <strong>infinitive<\/strong>, not a gerund.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are no <strong>-ing words<\/strong> functioning as nouns in this sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C. Teaching a child to save money is a good habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In this sentence, <em>Teaching<\/em> is the <strong>subject<\/strong> of the sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a verb in its <strong>-ing form<\/strong>, but it <strong>functions as a noun<\/strong> (What is a good habit? Teaching a child to save money).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Therefore, <em>Teaching<\/em> is a <strong>gerund<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D. Both A &amp; C.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As analyzed above, only sentence <strong>C<\/strong> contains a gerund used correctly as a noun. Sentence <strong>A<\/strong> does not contain a gerund.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Only sentence <strong>C<\/strong> includes a gerund used as a noun. The subject <em>Teaching<\/em> is a gerund that names the action and functions as a noun in the sentence. Thus, the correct answer is <strong>C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1021.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1021.jpeg 852w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1021-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-1021-768x923.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following sentences contains a gerund? A. The price of prime commodities keeps on increasing. B. Each household head needs to learn how to prioritize needs over wants in the family. C. Teaching a child to save money is a good habit. D. Both a &amp; c. 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