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zarkam21 (zarkam21):

What is a participle? A. The form of a verb that acts only as an adverb. B. The form of a verb that works as an adjective. C. The form of a verb that acts only as a noun. D. The form of a verb that appears with the word to and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb

OpenStudy (anonymous):

B

zarkam21 (zarkam21):

are you sure

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

Yes, but let me give an explanation to justify @xFrozenRiverx 's giving direct answerness. Say you were going to watch Sleeping Beauty or something. The participle is "sleeping" not only because it ends with ing or ed, but also because it describes what Beauty is doing. What the Doodle is Beauty doing? Sleeping, of course!

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