Sentence improvement exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase. Choose your answers from the given options.

1. .............................. the airplane took off.

2. The accused complained of ......................... by the police.

3. The ocean .........................., they abandoned the voyage.

4. We were all happy at ....................... awarded the Nobel Prize.

5. .......................... a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.

6. I ....................... the plants. Just after I finished watering it started raining.

1. The fog having lifted, the airplane took off.

2. The accused complained of having been tortured by the police.

3. The ocean being rough, they abandoned the voyage.

4. We were all happy at Mother Teresa’s being awarded the Nobel Prize.

5. It being a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.

6. I needn’t have watered the plants. Just after I finished watering it started raining.