In the following sentence, which word is a gerund?

sleeping is an essential part of maintaining the body's health.
health
maintaining
essential
sleeping

D) Sleeping.

Explanation: a gerund is a word that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun (it acts like the subject or the direct object in a sentence), in English the gerunds end in "-ing". In the given sentence: "Sleeping is an essential part of maintaining the body's health" the gerund is "sleeping" because we can see that it has a verb form (ending in -ing) but it is acting like a noun, more specifically it is the subject of the sentence.

answer: my favorite subject is choir

explanation: it is choir becuase you can sing and have fun singing at the same time with your friends.

first question's answer is   a. they felt bad for the kitten, and started feeling guilty for not it.

second question's answer is c. she was trying to prevent the kitten from further screaming.

third question's answer is a. the mother and aunt fran faced their fears of cats, from it.

hopefully this