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Underline the gerund in the following sentence. Boys love playing cricket. - English

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Underline the gerund in the following sentence.

Boys love playing cricket.

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Boys love playing cricket.

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Chapter 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Grammar- Non-finite verbs [Page 155]

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Chapter 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
Grammar- Non-finite verbs | Q 1 1. | Page 155

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