Which word in the sentence is a gerund? This week your brother taught you cooking. A. cooking B. this C. taught D. you

A. G erund is a noun made from a verb by adding "-ing." The gerund form of the verb "read" is "reading." You can use a gerund as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence.

Examples:

Eating ice cream on a hot day will cool you down.

The word eating is a noun and a verb. But the word eating is the gerund of the sentence. So, the answer is A, cooking. Think of this way: Mostly every word that contain a "ing" or "ed" is a gerund.

A.) Cooking. By adding (Haha) - ing to the word it becomes a gerund.