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Why is the bold verb “having” in the gerund form in line 11?

Instruction: answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.


"Wouldn't It Be Nice"


01 Wouldn't it be nice if we were (1) older

02 Then we wouldn't have to wait so long

03 And wouldn't it be nice to live together

04 In the kind of world where we belong

05

06 You know it's gonna make it that much (2) better

07 When we can say goodnight and stay together

08

09 Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up

10 In the morning when the day is new

11 And after having spent the day together

12 Hold each other close the whole night through

13

14 Happy times together we've been spending

15 I wish that every kiss was never-ending

16 Wouldn't it be nice

17

18 Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true

19 Baby then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do

20 We could be married (we could be married)

21 And then we'd be happy (and then we'd be happy)

22

23 Wouldn't it be nice

24

25 You know it seems the more we talk about it

26 It only makes it (3) worse to live without it

27 But let’s talk about it

28 Wouldn't it be nice


Song written by: Michael Love, Tony Asher, Brian Wilson Released by: The Beach Boys, 1966, Album: Pet Sounds

Why is the bold verb “having” in the gerund form in line 11?


A

It is following the preposition “after”.


B

The sentence is in a continuous tense.


C

It is replacing the subject in the sentence.


D

The verb is in the position of an adjective.


E

It is preceding the verb spend.