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Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence ?
'... many such firms are thriving, whether supplying business contracts or selling direct to customers.'
Answer: B
The underlined word thriving is a verb.
In 'many such firms are thriving', are thriving is the present continuous tense: the helping verb are plus the present participle thriving. Together they form the verb of the clause, saying what the firms are doing.
It is not a gerund, because a gerund is an -ing form used as a noun, as in 'Thriving takes effort'. It is not an adverb, since it does not modify another verb, and it is not a noun, since it names no person, place or thing here.
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