2024 · Q43
Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and identify which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
**Smoking** is injurious to health.
EnglishWord Classes
- AParticiple
- BInfinitive
- CGerund
- DVerb
Explanation
‘Smoking’ is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as the subject of the sentence — the defining role of a gerund (verbal noun). It is not a participle (which would act as an adjective), an infinitive (to + verb), or a finite verb. Hence it is a gerund.