Posted by Anna on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 1:59am.
There is no gerund in that sentence. To be a gerund, the verb with the -ing ending needs to be used as a noun. In this sentence, "is playing" is the main verb of the sentence, in present progressive tense.
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