curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-have-a-conversation-about-preferences-and-motivations/658112ee8ac40a1d9619f160.md
A gerund is the -ing form of a verb used as a noun. It can be the subject of a sentence, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. In the sentence you will hear, notice how the missing word is used not as an action Maria is doing, but as the idea of gaining new knowledge, which she finds motivating.
Hi, Brian. Well, one thing that really motivates me is BLANK new things.
learning
This word is a gerund, the -ing form of the verb used as a noun, indicating the action or process of gaining knowledge.
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