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Select the sentence containing a participle. Falling can cause costly injuries. Falling slowly, snowflakes filled the air.
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Select the sentence containing a participle. Falling can cause costly injuries. Falling slowly, snowflakes filled the air.

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The sentence that contains a participle is the second one - Falling slowly, snowflakes filled the air.
A participle cannot be used as a subject of a sentence, and since Falling in the first example is a subject, it is a gerund, not a participle.
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