In the sentence "The elephants’ valuable ivory tusks invite poaching," the underlined word "poaching" is a gerund. Gerunds are formed from verbs and function as nouns, and in this case, "poaching" is acting as the object of the verb "invite."
Identify the underlined verbal or verbal phrase as a gerund, a participle, or an infinitive.
The elephants’ valuable ivory tusks invite poaching. With the underlined part being "poaching"
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