Question

Which word in the sentence is the participle?

In 1819, Sophia Usher applied for a patent for carbonated liquid.



A.
liquid


B.
applied


C.
patent


D.
carbonated

Answer 1

A participle is a word formed from a verb (e.g., going, gone, being, been ) and used as an adjective (e.g., working woman, burned toast ) or a noun (e.g., good breeding ). So, in this case, it looks like the participle would be applied- B.