2026 · Q84
Directions : Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read each sentence carefully, and determine which word class the underlined word belongs to. Mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
**Swimming** is good for health.
EnglishWord Classes
- AParticiple
- BVerb
- CNoun
- DGerund
Explanation
"Swimming" is a verb form ("swim" + "-ing") functioning as the subject of the sentence — a verbal noun. The precise grammatical term for a verb form used as a noun is a gerund — (D), which the options deliberately distinguish from plain "noun".