1 Freshwater makes up less than 3% of water on earth, and over two-thirds of this is tied up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Freshwater lakes and rivers make up only 0.009% of water on Earth and groundwater makes up 0.28%.  Water is essential for all life forms.
User: Select the verbal; indicate whether it is a participle, gerund, or infinitive; and indicate how it functions in the sentence. Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses. Weegy: Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses. Verbal: sprinting.
Non-finite forms. Each verb has an infinitive, a gerund (functionally quite different from the gerund of English grammar), and a passive perfect participle (past participle) that can further inflect for number and gender.