Identify the participle in the sentence below.

Question

"Billy loves to go swimming in his tattered old swimming trunks."

swimming
tattered
old

Answer 1

The participle in the sentence is "swimming."

Answer 2

In the sentence, "He squealed as his sled raced down", is the word down a preposition or an adverb?

Answer 3

In the sentence "He squealed as his sled raced down," the word "down" is an adverb. It modifies the verb "raced" and describes the direction in which the sled is moving.