Identify each 'gerund' in each sentence.
1. Smoking is dangerous to our health.
2. The audience admired the singing of the Three Baritones.
3. The brave soldier escaped by swimming under the bridge.
4. Sophie's choice, creating a three-course gourmet meal, proved difficult.
5. His mistake was running away from the woman who loved him.
6. God hates and abhors lying of any kind.
7. For studying hard, Johnny was rewarded with a gold medal.
8. Salvation is not a matter of hoping but of knowing.
9. The sous chef at Cocina's admired Alfredo's cooking.
10. Fester the Jester amused the stern king by joking.


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