Question

Choose the answer that identifies the participle in the sentence.

Dozens of sweating runners surged across the finish line.

Answer 1

it is 12 because dozens is the number 12

Answer 2

The participle in this sentence is "sweating". It's a participle of the verb " to sweat" and it's a present participle: which we know because it ends with an -ing (past participles end with "-ed).