Question

1. Underline the present participle in each of the following sentences and identify
its function.
(a) The bishop was deliberating over some appointments.
(b) One of them has
got the idea of laying its eggs in your letter-box!
(c) The angry bird made a hissing sound like a snake.
(d) You could see a brown beak sticking out of a wisp of straw.
(e) The postman had difficulty in slipping it into the slit of the box.
(f) The young tomtits had been learning to fly.
(g) The birds assembled in the branches looking for a good place to spend the
night.
(h) The housekeeper had not patience with the thieving birds.
words if​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. deliberating

b. laying

c. hissing

d. sticking

e. slipping

f. learning

g. looking

h. thieving

Answer 2

Explanation:

(a) (was) deliberating - past continuous

(b) laying-non-finite verb

(c) hissing (sound) - adjective

(d) sticking-non-finite verb

(e) slipping-non-finite verb

(f) (had been) learning - past perfect continuous

(g) looking-non-finite verb

(h) thieving (birds) - adjective