Fill in the blanks.
1He injured his knee ............... football.
Wrong!
Use "playing" because the injury happened during the football game.
2............... tired and sleepy, I went to bed early.
Wrong!
Use "Feeling" to give the reason for going to bed early.
3He ran out of the house, ............... aloud.
Wrong!
Use "crying" because the crying happened while he ran out.
4............... work, he started looking for somewhere to live.
Wrong!
Use "Having found" because finding work happened before looking for a place to live.
5............... merrily, she walked into the room.
Wrong!
Use "Singing" because she was singing as she walked into the room.
6............... out of the window, she picked the fruit.
Wrong!
Use "Leaning" because leaning out of the window happened at the same time as picking the fruit.
7............... a gun out of his pocket, he threatened to kill me.
Wrong!
Use "Pulling" to describe the action that led directly to the threat.
8............... his job, he is struggling to meet his expenses.
Wrong!
Use "Having lost" because losing his job happened before his present struggle.
9............... that movie, I was not keen on watching it again.
Wrong!
Use "Having already seen" because seeing the movie happened before the speaker decided not to watch it again.
10............... all his money, he went home.
Wrong!
Use "Having lost" because losing the money happened before he went home.
11............... a vegetarian, she doesn't eat fish or meat.
Wrong!
Use "Being" because it describes her present state as a vegetarian.
12............... able to speak the local language, I had difficulty conversing with the local people.
Wrong!
Use "Not being" because it describes the speaker's situation at that time.
Exercise complete
0 out of 12
correct answers
Answers
- He injured his knee playing football.
- Feeling tired and sleepy, I went to bed early.
- He ran out of the house, crying aloud.
- Having found work, he started looking for somewhere to live.
- Singing merrily, she walked into the room.
- Leaning out of the window, she picked the fruit.
- Pulling a gun out of his pocket, he threatened to kill me.
- Having lost his job, he is struggling to meet his expenses.
- Having already seen that movie, I was not keen on watching it again.
- Having lost all his money, he went home.
- Being a vegetarian, she doesn’t eat fish or meat.
- Not being able to speak the local language, I had difficulty conversing with the local people.