We can use participles to combine two sentences. Note that this technique is used when both clauses have the same subject.
Study the example given below.
- She ran out of the room. She was screaming.
We can rewrite this sentence as:
- She ran out of the room screaming.
Another example is given below:
- I lost all my money. I went home.
- Having lost all my money, I went home.
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate participle.
1............... by his family, he decided to become a monk.
Wrong!
2Who is that pretty girl ............... in the corner?
Wrong!
3Most of the people ............... to the party, didn’t turn up.
Wrong!
4Not ............... what to do, I called the police.
Wrong!
5He was sitting at a table ............... with papers.
Wrong!
6Who is that girl ............... with your brother?
Wrong!
7............... much blood, she became unconscious.
Wrong!
8............... my engineering exams, I took up cheating.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/8
Answers
- Rejected by his family, he decided to become a monk.
- Who is that pretty girl sitting in the corner?
- Most of the people invited to the party, didn’t turn up.
- Not knowing what to do, I called the police.
- He was sitting at a table covered with papers.
- Who is that girl dancing with your brother?
- Having lost much blood, she became unconscious.
- Having failed my engineering exams, I took up cheating.
