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a participle that ends in -ing, e.g. swimming, running. Present participles can be used in the following ways:
As a gerund (noun), e.g. I like swimming.
used for modal verbs, which express possibility or a sense of obligation, e.g. I ought to go and...
a humorous imitation of a well-known work, e.g. Roald Dahlâ??s Revolting Rhymes in which he...
a play intended to amuse and entertain, e.g. Twelfth Night (Shakespeare).
a subjective belief which is the result of emotion or a particular way of understanding facts,...
a short work of fiction with fully developed setting, theme, characters, action, plot and...