Question

what is the present participle in Frosted with gooey icing, the cinnamon rolls were impossible to resist.

Answer 1

Recall that a participle is a verb form that is used as an adjective. A participial phrase is a participle with its modifiers and complements used as an adjective. Read the following sentence.Frosted with gooey icing, the cinnamon rolls were impossible to resist. Identify the present participle in the sentence.

Answer 2

Icing is the present participle in the given statement.

Step-by-step explanation:

Present participle is a form of a verb that ends with the suffix of ''ing'' to form a continuous tense. By reading the given phrase the word ''Icing'' is the present participle tense used here.

The pattern for this sentence comes with ''verb'' ''object'' ''adjective'' and ''present participle''. So basically it means the infinitive points to the ongoing action. It denotes the present action.