Many consider rising before the sun to attack the cliffs. a. participle b. gerund c. infinitive

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Emelia Burgess

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28 April, 07:49

Many consider rising before the sun to attack the cliffs. a. participle b. gerund c. infinitive

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Julius Washington · Answer 1

Assuming the underlined word is 'rising,' the correct answer is B. gerund.

Although gerunds and participles look the same (both end in - ing), their function in the sentence is definitely not the same. Whereas participles function as either adjectives or adverbs, gerunds function as nouns, which is the case here. Infinitives have a specific form: TO + verb, so C is incorrect too.