Present Participles

Present Participles

Open Ended

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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