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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.
a word or phrase that derives from another word or word root, e.g. quickly from quick.
the meter or beat in a line of poetry.
the part of the sentence that receives the direct object. An indirect object follows a...
to emphasise something that is close to the viewer by focussing on the subject. The term is also...
a story, poem or fable in which characters and events represent something else, e.g. Animal Farm...