1. Traveling is Tom's favorite pastime.

2. He especially loved traveling to Italy last year.

Which of the following choices correctly identifies the type of verbal traveling is in each of the above sentences?

A.

sentence 1: gerund

sentence 2: participle

B.

sentence 1: participle

sentence 2: gerund

C.

sentence 1: gerund

sentence 2: gerund

D.

sentence 1: participle

sentence 2: participle

The choice that correctly identifies the type of verb traveling is in each of the sentence above is option A. Sentence 1: gerund, sentence 2: participle.

Sentence 1 uses the word "Traveling" as a gerund. A gerund is a word that takes the verb form - ing, but functions as a noun in the sentence. In sentence 2, the word "traveling" is used as a participle. A participle is a word that also takes the form of a verb, but functions as an adjective or as a noun.