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Identify if the verb in italics is a Gerund or Present Participle:

We can hear the knocking at our window.

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Gerund

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B

Present Participle

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Both

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Neither

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Solution

The correct option is A Gerund
The object of the transitive verb 'hear' in this sentence is 'KNOCKING'. So, in this sentence, 'knocking' acts like a noun and is, thus, a gerund.

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