Question

Which part of the following sentence contains a gerund?

Keeping track of all her grandkids' sporting activities was driving Ms. Smith to tears.

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Responses

to tears
to tears

Keeping track
Keeping track

her grandkids'
her grandkids'

sporting activities

1 answer

The part of the sentence that contains a gerund is "Keeping track." Gerunds are formed from verbs and function as nouns. In this case, "keeping" is the gerund that acts as the subject of the sentence.