Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct part of speech for the word in italics.

Smoking is injurious to health.

  1. noun

  2. adjective

  3. preposition

  4. conjunction
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Explanation

'Smoking' is a noun (gerund) because it functions as the subject of the sentence. Although 'smoke' is typically a verb, adding '-ing' turns it into a noun form called a gerund. Gerunds act like nouns in sentences.

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