<u>Answer:</u>
The answer is option ‘A’. The sentence 'be careful not to wake the sleeping baby' has a participle in it.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the participle phrase 'sleeping baby’, 'sleeping' is the participle formed from the verb ‘sleep’ and acting as an adjective describing the baby. A participle is a word formed from a verb and acts as an adjective.
There are three kinds of participle:
Present participle formed by adding –ing to the verb. For example, the laughing girl , smiling child, etc,
Past participle is formed by adding –ed , -en , -d , -t or -n. It is third form of the verb. For example, colored castle, Sunken face, etc,
Perfect participles are formed by joining ‘having’ with ‘past participle’. For example, having said
, having stated, etc,
1.Many burglaries have ocurred in our area recently. 2.It seems that the perpetrators pose as workers for a lawn service. 3. They travel from house to house asking if homeowners would like to have their lawns mowed. 4. Once they identify which homes seem to be currently unoccupied, they enter the homes by breaking through a back window or door. 5. Summer is a popular season for vacationing for many families in our neighborhood.
