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Which words in the sentence are the complete gerund phrase?

The ancient Egyptians avoided killing any sacred animals.

A.killing any

B.avoided killing

C.sacred animals

D.killing any sacred animals

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From the options stated above, the complete gerund phrase is:

D.killing any sacred animals

Gerund is coined from verb in -ing form but functions as a noun. It can act as a subject, direct and indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and prepositional objects.
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