Homework Help Forum: Grammar

Posted by Billy on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:09pm.

If "noisily" is an adverb in the following sentence, what is "mooing"? The cows entered the barn mooing noisily.

• Grammar - Writeacher, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:11pm

  "Mooing" is a present participle. See the -ing ending? Whenever you see one of those and there's no helping verb there to make it a complete verb, then the verbal is a present participle, serving as an adjective. So ... what noun is "mooing" describing?

  
  

• Grammar - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:12pm

  The word, "mooing," is a participle, modifying the noun "cows." Participles are verb forms used as adjectives. For more information about participles, check this site. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/02

  
  

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