English Grammar Exercises
USING PARTICIPLES TO JOIN SENTENCES
1.
She became tired of my complaints about the programme. She turned it
off.
2.
He found no one at home. He left the house in a bad temper.
3.
She hoped to find the will. She searched everywhere.
4.
The criminal removed all traces of his crime. He left the building.
5.
He was exhausted by his work. He threw himself on his bed.
6.
He had spent all his money. He decided to go home and ask his father
for a job.
7.
He escaped from prison. He looked for a place where he could get food.
8.
She didn't want to hear the story again. She had heard it all before
9.
They found the money. They began quarrelling about how to divide it.
10. He offered to show us the way home. He thought we were lost.
11. She asked me to help her. She realized that she couldn't move it alone.
12. He fed the dog. He sat down to his own dinner.
13. He thought he must have made a mistake somewhere. He went through
his calculations again.
14. The tree had fallen across the road. It had been uprooted by the gale.
15. People were sleeping in the next room. They were wakened by the
sound of breaking glass.
16. I sat in the front row. I used opera glasses. I saw everything beautifully.
17. One evening you will be sitting by the fire. You will remember this
day.
18. I didn't like to sit down. I knew that there were ants in the grass.
19. The government once tried to tax people according to the size of their
houses. They put a tax on windows.
20. She wore extremely fashionable clothes. She was surrounded by
photographers and pressmen. She swept up to the microphone.
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