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Which word in the sentence is a gerund? Stretching after running, she touched her fingers to her toes. A. toes B. stretching C. touched D. running
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Which word in the sentence is a gerund? Stretching after running, she touched her fingers to her toes. A. toes B. stretching C. touched D. running

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A gerund has a -ing at the end, so A. toes and C. touched could not be gerund.

Among the other two options, B. stretching and D. running Stretching is a present participle (a verbal form) and running - a noun- is a gerund, since gerunds are nouns.
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