A gerund or a participle can be used in a phrase to start off.a sentence. Here care must be taken to avoid having a dangling modifer, creating a phrase that dangles and that cannot be linked on in meaning to the main part of the sentence. Wrong Skiing bravely down the Alpine slope, my hands ached. After trying for two days, the experiment was a success. Correct Skiing bravely down the Alpine slope, | felt my hands ache. After trying for two days, we knew the experiment was a success. Verb and Agreement > Number affects all verbs in the present tense and was, were in the past.A verb must agree with the subject; singular subject takes a singular verb (verb + s), and a plural subject takes a plural verb (without s), eg. |. She earns a lot of mon They earn a lot of mon: Refer to Chapter | for details on Agreement. Verb and Tense “ > A verb because it refers to action or state (existing circumstance) is affected by a time dimension. In grammar this time dimension is called tense. An action or a state can be recorded in present, past or future time according to intention or need. We have lunch at 1.00 pm. (present) We had lunch at 1.00 pm. (past) ‘We will have lunch at 1.00 pm. (future) For details on Tenses, refer to Chapter 6,