Answer / Explanation
To properly answer this question, we need to first understand what a Gerund word or phrase is.
Gerund words or phases are words in form of a verb that ends with an -ing. These types of word function more as a noun rather than a verb. A gerund phrase consists of the gerund plus any other modifying words. To properly know how to identify a gerund word, we search for a word that looks like a verb ending in –ing within a statement then try to replace the word with it. If the replacement gives us a good sentence, then we probably have found a gerund word. Now referring back to the narrative of the question asked, the gerund words in the statement are:
Fighting is like champagne. The core gerund word here is fighting as discussed in the aforementioned explanation above.
