2B GRAMMAR participle clauses

a Complete the sentences with a participle form of the verbs in the boxes.

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1 Any luggage left unattended will be removed and destroyed.

2 Who’s that guy by the window, to William?
3 all three of their substitutions, Real Madrid had to see out the remaining 20 minutes with
just ten men.
4 Alicia was in the kitchen coffee when there was a frantic knocking at the door.
5 Never grammar, I have no idea about the terminology or the rules.
6 There was thick fog, in a three-hour delay to the flight.

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7 by heavy rain beating against the canvas, he crawled out of the tent to start a new day.
8 guilty on all charges, Jenkins was sentenced to ten years in prison.
9 a bit left out, she slipped away from the party unnoticed.
10 for the award on two previous occasions, she was quietly confident it would be third
time lucky.
11 by the early morning sun, she did not see the figure the road in front of her.
12 after a long and hard day’s work, he fell asleep while TV.

b The following sentences originally all contained a participle clause. Improve the style by rewriting
them in their original form, using a participle clause.

1 Because she is a pilot, she gets cheap air travel for herself and her immediate family.
Being a pilot, she gets cheap air travel for herself and her immediate family.
2 I didn’t have my phone or know the area very well, so I got completely lost.
3 If I was given the chance, I’d jump at the opportunity of a weekend in
New York.
4 The accident blocked two lanes of the motorway and resulted in a ten-mile
tailback and delays of up to two hours.
5 Over 107 million passengers travelled through the airport last year, which
made it the busiest airport in the world for the twentieth year running.
6 We missed the bus connection and we had a three-hour wait in the blistering sun.
7 Because I hadn’t been outside in over a week, I was beginning to go a little stir
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crazy.
8 She is not known for her singing, so she took everyone by surprise when she took to the stage.
9 Jones made a series of disastrous investments, which thus rendered him bankrupt.
10 They didn’t know what to say, so they just stood there in total silence for a few moments.
11 After he was elected for a second term, he promised the economy would be his number one priority.
12 If you serve the dish with rice, it makes for a quick and easy meal that can be prepared in less than
20 minutes.

ACTIVATION
Write at least five sentences about yourself that begin with a participle clause. Choose from the
sentence beginnings in the box or choose your own.

Being… Not being… Having… Not having… Never having… Given the chance…

Being one of five children, I get really competitive in board games.

Having lived in the same place all my life, I think I need to spread my wings a little.
Given the chance, I’d love to live and work in another country.
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