The competing teams shook hands after the game was over. Write one to two sentences identifying the participle in this sentence and its function

'Competing'

Explanation:

A Participle is characterized as the non-finite form of the verb that is employed to denote a past or presently ongoing action which can also act as an adjective or adverb to modify a noun or verb. In the given sentence, 'competing' is the present participle as it ends with 'ing.' It is acting as an adjective in the sentence as it modifies the noun 'teams' in the sentence.

a. "to practice" is the best phrase to complete the sentence.

explanation:

during the summer, she likes to practice her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

(note that : all the other options "the practicing of", "practice for" and "to do a practice on" are inappropriate as they make the sentence grammatically incorrect.)