Locate the gerund. since it is used as a noun, determine its noun use.

a popular pastime is backpacking.

In the franz kafka’s the metamorphosis after gregory turns into a giant insect he realizes his sister grete can’t stand to look at him. he hides from his sister and stays under a bedsheet. what does this act suggest about gregor?

(the black cat poem) where does the writer fail to support her points with evidence? what evidence from the story would you suggest adding to support these points?

What is implied in this sentence from mark twain's "the £1,000,000 bank-note"? i was puzzled, and wanted to discuss the matter a little further, but they didn't; so i took my leave, feeling hurt and insulted to be made the butt of what was apparently some kind of a practical joke, and yet obliged to put up with it, not being in circumstances to resent affronts from rich and strong folk.