Present Participles

Present Participles

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Correct the sentence:

I can like to watch ants allday.

Present Participle

• Participle is a verb form that can be used as an adjective

• present participle expresses the present tense by adding -ing to the word

What tense are the following sentences:

• The ants dig.

• The queen ate her food.

• She sends the others to work.

• The stinging ants guarded the colony.

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Find the Present Participle of the word:

freeze

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pop

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whisper

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drip

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What is the present participle and noun in the sentence?

The barn spider spun a shimmering web

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What is the present participle and noun in the sentence?

Hibernating insects often spend the winter under piles of leaves

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