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Locate the verbal in the following sentence and identify its type.

The swiftly flowing stream was icy cold.
A.infinitive
B.participle
C.gerund

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The answer is B. Participle.

Verbals are verbs in disguise. These are verbs that are used as another part of speech.

The swiftly flowing stream was icy cold.

The word flowing modifies stream. FLOWING is the verbal in the sentence and in this case it is used as an adjective. So this makes the verbal a participle.

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