Identify the italicized phrase in each sentence as a gerund or a participle.

The girl throwing the ball is the best pitcher on the team.

Jogging daily is good for your health.

I am tired of studying for this test

The little dog left by the side of the road was found by Jeff.

Preparation for writing a paper should include notes.

My favorite pastime is playing golf.

Callused, scorching, prowls

The answer would be analytical reasoning.

Syllable added to a root word to change its meaning : affixan independent word--example run,walk,book : free morphemeaffix that gives grammatical meaning such as tense or number : inflectiona word part that must attach to a word in order to be usable : bound morphemedegree of comparison formed by adding -er or more to an adjective : comparativedegree of comparison formed by adding -est or most to an adjective : superlativeaffix added to the beginning of a word : prefixaffix added to the end of a word : suffixroot word of lovable : lovetwo roots used together to form one word : combining form