Which is the participle in the sentence?

It was so peaceful to sit under the tree and hear the rustling leaves.

A.
hear

B.
peaceful

C.
sit

D.
rustling

D. rustling

Question

Which is the participle in the sentence? 

It was so peaceful to sit under the tree and hear the rustling leaves.
 
 A.
hear
 
 B.
peaceful
 
 C.
sit
 
 D.
rustling

D. rustling

mysticfury · Answer

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mysticfury · Answer

A participle is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence to modify a noun, noun phrase, verb, or verb phrase, and then plays a role similar to an adjective or adverb. It is one of the types of nonfinite verb forms.

mysticfury · Answer

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wormynut · Answer

As you can see, the noun is leaves and the leaves are described to cause a particular behavior. So, the participle is rustling.

ulink · Answer

@MysticFury Yes, it's D.

ulink · Answer

Like Wormy said ^