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What is the participle in this sentence? The idling engine sounds fine, but it was pinging before. A. fine B. sounds C. was pinging D. idling Question Resources
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What is the participle in this sentence? The idling engine sounds fine, but it was pinging before. A. fine B. sounds C. was pinging D. idling Question Resources

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The participle in this sentence is D) idling.
The correct answer would also be if it said pinging, without was, but since C) says both was and pinging, the correct answer is only D.
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