Question

Which words in the sentence are the complete gerund phrase? . . The ancient Egyptians avoided killing any sacred animals.. . . . A.. killing any. . . B.. killing any sacred animals. . . C.. avoided killing. . . D.. sacred animals

Answer 1

The correct answer to this question is letter "B. killing any sacred animals." The words in the sentence that are the complete gerund phrase is that killing any sacred animals. Killing here is used as a subject and is being pointed out in the sentence.

Answer 2

The correct option that is the complete gerund phrase is B.  killing any sacred animals

Gerunds are created out of verbs but function as nouns. The gerund phrase killing any sacred animals is the  direct object of the verb avoid.

Gerunds can act as a subject, direct and indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and prepositional objects. Gerund phrases always start with a gerund and always functions as a noun.