"Hearing the loud noise, the children rushed out of the auditorium."
Here 'Hearing' is a :
a. Gerund
b. Participle
c. Preposition
d. Infinitive
... Please Explain the Reason also...
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Here is the answer:
b. Participle
Explanation:
a) Infinitive - It begins with "to". It is base form of the verb. For examples to eat, to hear etc.
b) Preposition - The word "hear" can be used either as a verb or a noun. Thus it cannot be preposition.
c) Gerund and Participle:
i) Gerund and Participle both end with 'ing'. But a Gerund acts like a noun. While a Participle acts like a verb or an adjective.
ii) The children ran out of the auditorium because they heard a noise.
iii) In the above sentence the word hearing is formed from the verb hear. It qualifies the noun children like an adjective. The word hearing has the properties of a verb and an adjective. It is thus a participle.
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Here is the answer:
b. Participle
Explanation:
a) Infinitive - It begins with "to". It is base form of the verb. For examples to eat, to hear etc.
b) Preposition - The word "hear" can be used either as a verb or a noun. Thus it cannot be preposition.
c) Gerund and Participle:
i) Gerund and Participle both end with 'ing'. But a Gerund acts like a noun. While a Participle acts like a verb or an adjective.
ii) The children ran out of the auditorium because they heard a noise.
iii) In the above sentence the word hearing is formed from the verb hear. It qualifies the noun children like an adjective. The word hearing has the properties of a verb and an adjective. It is thus a participle.
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