With the pounding rain and blowing wind, driving to the game was an exciting adventure.

Which word in the sentence is a gerund?

pounding
blowing
driving
exciting

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driving

The word "driving" is a gerund in this sentence.

To identify gerunds, you need to look for verbs that end in "-ing" and are used as nouns in a sentence. In this case, "driving" is functioning as a noun because it is describing an activity (the act of driving) rather than functioning as an action verb. It is being used as the subject of the sentence, indicating that it is a gerund.