What is the present participle form of the verb 'fling'?

What is the present participle form of the verb 'fling'?

• A. Fling
• B. Flung
• C. Flinging
• D. Flanger

Answer: (C)

The -ing form is used to show ongoing action, and for most verbs you create it by adding -ing to the base form. For fling, the base form plus -ing gives flinging. This is the form you’d use with is, was, has been, etc., to express something happening now or in the past: she is flinging the ball, they were flinging objects around. The -ing form can also function as a gerund in other contexts, but here it’s the present participle form. The other options aren’t the -ing form. Fling is the base form used for simple present or commands; flung is the past tense; flanger is a noun, not a verb form.

The -ing form is used to show ongoing action, and for most verbs you create it by adding -ing to the base form. For fling, the base form plus -ing gives flinging. This is the form you’d use with is, was, has been, etc., to express something happening now or in the past: she is flinging the ball, they were flinging objects around. The -ing form can also function as a gerund in other contexts, but here it’s the present participle form.

The other options aren’t the -ing form. Fling is the base form used for simple present or commands; flung is the past tense; flanger is a noun, not a verb form.