This -ing form is a present participle, used as an adjective.
The word 'suffering' is the past participle of the verb to suffer functioning as an adjective (describes the noun 'animal') in the sentence.
In the sentence, the word "suffering" is best categorized as an adjective. It describes the noun "animal," providing more information about the state or condition of the animal.
Participle :(In the following sentence the word sufferingis best categorized as which part of speech?)
The candidate said his speech against animal testing very emphatically.
it is superlative
regular speech
creative suffering
direct speech: a speech or a sentence quoted from a sentence somebody had spoken or am speaking. using inverted commas(" ") reported speech: a report of what somebody had said before. direct speech: a speech or a sentence quoted from a sentence somebody had spoken or am speaking. using inverted commas(" ") reported speech: a report of what somebody had said before.
In the given sentence, the word "suffering" is best categorized as a noun. It refers to the state or experience of undergoing pain or distress. The context suggests that it describes a condition related to the grandmother's feelings about being away from home.
The individual word "sentence" is a common noun. However, a sentence itself is comprised of many different parts of speech.
The action in a sentence is the part of speech known as a verb.
There are no sentences that have no parts of speech. Every word in a sentence is classified as a part of speech, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.