What is present participle

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Here is the answer:

• The verbs ending in "ing"  form present participle. The present participle of most verbs has the form 

        base verb + ing.

      For example the verb "eat" is the base form of the verb "to eat". We add "ing" to it to form the present participle "eating".

•  Present participles always end with "ing".
•  Present participles can function as adjectives. For example

              The winning team gets a trip to London. Here the present participle "winning" describes the noun "team".

• Present participle appear in continuous form of verb tenses . It can be used with present, past and future continuous tense. For example

        Present continuous tense : She is laughing. Here "is laughing" indicates the process of laughing is happening now. 
        Past continuous tense:  She was singing loudly. Here "was singing" indicates the process of singing was in progress in the past.
        Future continuous tense : She will be dancing on the stage. Here "will be dancing" indicates the process of dancing will happen in the future.

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