Parts of Speech Practice Answers
'With' is a preposition; its object is 'idea'.
'At' is a preposition; its object is 'stores'. 'Participating' is a present participle acting as an adjective modifying 'stores'.
'Talking' is a gerund, the predicate complement of the verb 'is'. 'Of' is a preposition; its object is 'it'.
'Waddled' is the past tense of the verb 'waddle' and is the sentence's main verb. 'Down' is a preposition with 'trai'l as its object. 'To' is a preposition with 'ruins' as its object.
'Offering' is a present participle modifying 'me'. 'Helping' is a present participle modifying 'hand'.
'Offering' is a gerund, the object of the verb 'saw' and 'him' is its object. 'Helping' is a present participle modifying 'hand'.
'Walking' is a gerund functioning as the subject of the sentence. 'Into' is a preposition with 'room' as its object.
'Going' is a present participle function as part of the compound verb 'are going' that is the present progressive tense of to go which in this sentence is its main verb.