Question

What is the BEST description and explanation for the underlined word in this sentence? The barking dog woke the entire neighborhood with his incessant noise. A) Barking is an adjective form being used to modify the dog. B) Barking is a verb form being used as an adjective to modify the dog. C) Barking is a verb form being used as an adjective to modify the noise. Reactivate D) Barking is a noun form being used as an verb to clarify incessant noise.

Answer 1

The answer to this is B

Answer 2

Answer:

The best answer is indeed letter B) Barking is a verb form being used as an adjective to modify the dog.

Explanation:

In the sentence "The barking dog woke the entire neighborhood with his incessant noise," we have a verb form modifying the noun dog. "Barking" is the present participle of the verb "bark". The present participle is a verb form resulting from adding -ing to a verb root. Notice that it is not an adjective form, but it does function as an adjective in this sentence, since it is modifying a noun by attributing a quality to it.