Ok so I pick up my little cousin from school and she stays at my house for a while, so I was helping her with homework, this was the question:
"Rikki-tikki-tavi saved an English family living in colonial India"
Now it said what is "living" form in this sentence, like a verb,adjective,etc. She told me her teacher couldn't figure it out. I say "living" is a verb, but she said her teacher said no. So my question is does anyone know what part of speech living would be in this sentence?? 10 points for best anwser!! Thanks for the help!
2006-10-25 14:31:30 · 17 answers · asked by *Fashiontiste* 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
If you could explain too please!!! Thanks!!!
2006-10-25 14:37:08 · update #1
It's a present participle. Participles are verb phrases that act as adjectives.
Your sentence is an example.
There are also gerunds, which are verbs that act as nouns.
Swimming keeps me fit. or They arrested him for stealing.
Then you have infinitives, which also, I believe, function as nouns.
To survive is the goal of every organism. Here, 'to survive' is the infinitive.
These three types of words are referred to as 'verbals.'
I've notice some pretty interesting answers to this post... Some of them are just plain wrong. Kind of makes me sad...
I don't mean to point fingers at anyone, but 'saving' is most certainly NOT the subject of this sentence. It's a verb. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (who happens to be among the most daring of mongooses, or is that mongeese?) is the subject. living is NOT a gerund, because a gerund reflects a noun-type use, where this is quite obviously an adjective-type use.
2006-10-25 14:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by Tony P 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Who is this so called teacher? I would be really concerend that the teacher couldn't answer the question herself and then asks the kids to find the answer that she does't even know. The answer is as follows. living is a verb, it is show the action that the english family is living in india. English is the adjective in this sentence since it is describing the family. good luck. I would aslo question the experience of this teacher, and if she is even qualified! I would be verryyy concerned for the education of your cousin.
2006-10-25 14:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by momof467309 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rikki-tikki-tavi saved an English family >living< in colonial India
The english family Lived in colonial india. Living is another word for it.
Amirite
2006-10-25 14:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by stormbuster0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
living in this sentence would be as such as the word staying.
Rikki-tikki-tavi saved an English family staying in colonial India.
Rikki-tikki-tavi saved an English family inhabiting colonial India.
Rikki-tikki-tavi saved an English family dwelling in colonial India.
I think if you figure out staying, inhabiting, and dwelling-you should be able to figure out living.
I am confused also. Tough one.
If her teacher could not figure it out though, how did she say you were wrong by saying a verb?
2006-10-25 14:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by debi_0712 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Living" is something they are doing thus an action word, a "VERB". an action word. Example of living as an adjective: War is a living hell. In this case "Living" describes the kind of hell. "Living Hell" also is descriptive, it describes the general condition. There for either case an adjective.
2006-10-25 15:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by GERALD S. MCSEE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you wrote is also correct. You need to improve only on prepositions. You should write as "We are going to New York for Christmas by plane, we are going to spend a week there in a hotel". (or else you can remove the comma and write adding 'and we are going to spend a week there in a hotel". @Fanny Glasscock: How an earth can you add an article "an" to a word "hotel" which starts with a consonant sound?
2016-05-22 14:19:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Living is a verb because you have to live.Living is an action, your right
2006-10-25 14:33:56 · answer #7 · answered by nickisgreen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is a verb because YOU ARE LIVING you know you cant have living you cant eat living its a verb her teacher is wrong.
2006-10-25 14:34:17 · answer #8 · answered by Tina*babee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"saved" is the verb...i think that "living" is the action verb...i would double check that though...but i do believe that it is correct
2006-10-25 14:37:52 · answer #9 · answered by GorGeOuS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a state of being. Like "She is a teacher."
2006-10-25 14:34:21 · answer #10 · answered by paulinekin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋