Participles always function as what part of speech?

A verbal is a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. A participle is a verbal that functions as an adjective.

Participles are words formed from verbs.

Explanation: Present participles always end in -ing and function as adjectives. They help form progressive verb tenses.

answer: the first one

explanation:

explicitly is defined as “in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.” the rest are interpretive and not clearly proven leaving in fact possible “confusion or doubt” which explicitly, by definition cannot have.

sing because that is what they are doing in the sentence

explanation:

the simple predicate is the main verb in the predicate that tells what the subject does. example: my father fixed the dryer. read each sentence. draw a line under the complete predicate.