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Read the sentence.

Carrying more groceries than she could handle, Mom dropped the carton of eggs.

Which of these correctly identifies the participle and its tense?



dropped/past

could/past

carrying/present

handle/present

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The option that correctly identifies the participle and its tense is the third one: carrying/present.

In grammar, a participle is a form of a verb that can be used in compound tenses of the verb. There exist two participles in English: the past participle, which usually ends in '-ed', and the present participle, which ends in '-ing'.

In this case the participle ends in ING and refers to present tense.

A participle is a verbal form having some characteristics and functions of both verb and adjective. The present participle ends in -ing and the past participle most commonly ends in -ed

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According to its structure, you can identify particible and its tense by verbs. So I suggest you to go with this option: carrying/present
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