Question

The thief ran away to escape his arrest
Change into compound

Answer 1

Answer:

The theif wanted to escape his arrest and he ran away.

Answer 2

Answer:

Both are perfect.

The first sentence has present participle which suggests that the reaction on the part of the thief was instant, there was no time interval between his “seeing” and “ running”.

The second sentence has the past participle which means that the reaction was not instant, there was a time interval between “seeing” and “ running”. However, in order to make this sentence correct , add “ the” before police.

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