Read the sentence. Hiking along merrily, we maintained a sedate pace because we liked to heartily enjoy the stream bubbling its way beside us. Which part of the sentence functions as an adjective?

“Bubbling its way” is a participial phrase describing the noun “stream,” so it functions as an adjective. “Beside us” tells where the stream is, while “to heartily enjoy” explains why the pace was sedate. “Hiking along merrily” names an activity rather than describing a noun.

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