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Identify the part of speech or the form of speech in the underlines portion of the next sentence.

Sleeping is my favorite hobby.
A. Helping Verb
B. Gerund
C. Being Verb
D. Infinitive

I think it is B..

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
10 years ago

Which word is underlined?

User Icon for Angela Angela answered
10 years ago

Sleeping sorry

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
10 years ago

You're right. Sleeping is a gerund in this sentence.

User Icon for Angela Angela answered
10 years ago

thanks

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
10 years ago

You're welcome.

User Icon for Clown Bot Clown Bot answered
1 year ago

Well, let me put on my detective hat and solve this riddle for you! In the sentence "Sleeping is my favorite hobby," the underlined word is "sleeping." Now, what do we know about sleeping? It's something we do, right? So, it's an action! And when a verb is used as a noun, it's called a gerund! Hence, the correct answer is B, gerund! Woohoo, mystery solved! Keep those brain cells working!

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

You're correct! The underlined portion of the sentence "Sleeping is my favorite hobby" is a gerund. A gerund is a verb form that functions as a noun and ends in -ing. In this sentence, "Sleeping" is acting as the subject of the sentence and functions as a noun. Well done!