1. reading - present tense
2. paid - past tense
3. Laughing - present
4. growing - present
5. chosen - past
A participle is a verb that is used as an adjective or a noun. For example, in sentence 1, reading is describing the type of glasses, #2 paid is describing the type of volunteer, etc. Present tense participles usually end in -ing, past tense in -ed.
Could you please add a picture of the scene :)
From the Italian sonetto, which means "a little sound or song," the sonnet is a popular classical form that has compelled poets for centuries. Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization. Two sonnet forms provide the models from which all other sonnets are formed: the Petrarchan and the Shakespearean.
C. It has an action to the verb and a direct object making it transitive