Question

Q2. Join the following sentences by using Participles.

1. He hurt his leg. He stopped walking.

a. Hurt his leg, he stopped walking.

b. To hurt his leg, he stopped walking.

c. Having hurt his leg, he stopped walking.

d. Being his leg hurt, he stopped walking.

2. They were driven by the rain. They took shelter under a tree.

a. Driven by rain, they took shelter under a tree.

b. Driving by rain, they took shelter under a tree.

c. Being driving by rain, they took shelter under a tree.

d. Having drove by rain, they took shelter.

3. He was tired. He sat down to rest.

a. Having tired, he sat down to rest..

b. Getting tired, he sat down to rest.

c. Tiring he, he sat down to rest.

d. Being tired, he sat down to rest.

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Answer 1

We use participles to combine two sentences having same subject.

Note that a participle is a also a form of verb used as an adjective or as a verb in conjunction with an auxiliary verb.

1) He hurt his leg. He stopped walking

d) Being his leg hurt, he stopped walking.

2) They were driven by the rain. They took shelter under a tree.

a) Driven by rain, they took shelter under a tree.

3) He was tired. He sat down to rest.

d) Being tired, he sat down to rest.