Question

The child was crying.His mother scolded him. (use participle)
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Answer 1

Answer:

The child wasn't crying.His mother scolded him. (use participle)

Answer 2

The crying child was scolded by his mother.

Explanation:

• There are two sentences which should be combined using participle form.
• Participle is verb that takes continuous form and acts as an adjective or adverb in a sentence.
• Gerund is is a verb that is also in continuous, but it acts as noun.
• In the statements given, we already have a continuous form of verb- 'crying'. So this can be used a s the participle to join them.
• As participles are adjectives/ adverbs, the word 'crying' is used as an adjective by describing the noun 'child'..
• Therefore the answer will be: The crying child was scolded by his mother.