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the dog was CHEWING his bone under the table, is this a noun or adverb.
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The dog was CHEWING his bone, is this a noun, adverb or verb.
- The dog was CHEWING his bone, is this a noun, adverb or verb.
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Does it describe what the dog was doing or the (dead) dog's name?
0I just need to identify the word CHEWING, I think its a verb but not sure
0AnonymousI think its a verb but not sure
Yes, it's the present participle of "chew".
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0Anonymouswas CHEWING
Whenever you see a verb in its -ing form (which is a non-finite form), look for a finite form (i.e., an inflected form) just before it. If you can find this auxiliary verb, which will always be a form of be (am, is, are, was, were, been), then the -ing word goes together with the auxiliary to form a verb ten
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