Question

In the following sentence, identify the participle and the word the participle modifies. Talking rapidly, she gestured with her hands to emphasize her point.

Answer 1

Talking and she

Answer 2

Gestured modifies hands


Participle
The underline word in the sentence, the boiled egg smelled rotten but tasted great! Which is boiled is a participle and not a verb because it doesn’t rely an action in the sentence instead it relays a modification or a description to the egg like an adjective or an adverb which is boiled egg. Participle is technically a verb that is utilized to describe a noun, noun phrase, verb or verb phrase.