The word dreaming in the sentence, “The children went to
sleep dreaming of the party“ is a participle.
To add, <span>a </span>participle<span> <span>is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence
to modify a noun, noun phrase, verb, or verb phrase, and plays a role similar
to an adjective or adverb.</span></span>
A Christmas Carol was written in 1843 and had a major influence on our idea of an old-fashioned English Christmas. ... Dickens's novella also provides us with a vivid picture of the extreme cold and snow found in London streets in late December as we join the Christmas ghosts who visit Ebeneezer Scrooge.
Hope this helps.
A participle is a verbal ending in -ing(present)or -ed,-en, ,that functions as an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun
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