Which sentence contains a present participle? When she was a child, my mother had a jewelry box with a tiny ballerina. The twirl
ing ballerina delighted her. Sometimes Mother pretended she was a ballet dancer. She twirled along with the tireless ballerina. Exhausted, she would finally collapse in happiness.
The sentence that contains a present participle is the following one: The twirling ballerina delighted her.
Explanation:
A participle is a verb form that functions as an adjective by modifying nouns and pronouns. It can either be present or past. What is more, the participial phrase includes the participle, plus any complements and modifiers. In the sentence above, the present participle is "twirling" and it premodifies the noun "ballerina".
It reveals character personality details. It allows one character to speak alone. It allows characters to be silent for a while. It demonstrates action instead of speech.
