Which sentence uses a present participle as part of a verb (rather than as an adjective or noun)?
A) Buttering toast with a knife can be very tricky.
B) Singing in the only activity that makes my aunt happy.
C) The winning athlete will receive a trophy and a monetary prize.
D) Father was sitting up in the living room and reading the paper.
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Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine