Gerund, reported speech
The dentist said Harry had broken his stupidity tooth while trying to open a bottle of beer with his molars.
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Gerund, reported speech
The dentist said that Harry had stupidly broken his tooth while trying to open a bottle of beer with his molars. Ouch!1
Present participle, reported speech
Not every word ending in -ing is gerund. In your sentence, the word "trying" is a present participle following the conjunction "while".1
Gerund, reported speech
The dentist said that Harry had broken his stupidity tooth while trying to open a bottle of beer with his molars.Quite right, you just forgot the that. Good work!
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