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PARTICIPLE CLAUSES

(Present Participle e.g. (not) accepting; Past Participle e.g. (not) stored)
1. Read the examples in the table and complete the rules:
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
a. To replace a..
(when, while, after +S + vb)
e.g. Opening her eyes, the baby began to cry.
b. To replace a clause of..
(because, as, since +S+vb)
e.g. Walking quickly, I soon caught up with her.
c. To replace a in
the Active Voice
e.g. The boy talking to Sarah is my cousin.
PAST PARTICIPLE
a. Instead of a S+vb in the..Voice
e.g. Impressed by her enthusiasm, they smiled.

b. To replace a..in the Passive.
e.g. Leather goods sold in France are very stylish.
c. To replace the if-clause in a conditional
sentence containing.
e.g. Looked after carefully, the plant can live
through the winter.

PARTICIPLE CLAUSES
(Present Participle e.g. (not) accepting; Past Participle e.g. (not) stored)
2. Read the examples in the table and complete the rules:
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
d. To replace a..
(when, while, after +S + vb)
e.g. Opening her eyes, the baby began to cry.
e. To replace a clause of..
(because, as, since +S+vb)
e.g. Walking quickly, I soon caught up with her.
f. To replace a in
the Active Voice
e.g. The boy talking to Sarah is my cousin.
PAST PARTICIPLE
d. Instead of a S+vb in the..Voice
e.g. Impressed by her enthusiasm, they smiled.

e. To replace a..in the Passive.
e.g. Leather goods sold in France are very stylish.
f. To replace the if-clause in a conditional
sentence containing.
e.g. Looked after carefully, the plant can live
through the winter.


PARTICIPLE CLAUSES
(Present Participle e.g. (not) accepting; Past Participle e.g. (not) stored)
3. Read the examples in the table and complete the rules:
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
g. To replace a..
(when, while, after +S + vb)
e.g. Opening her eyes, the baby began to cry.
h. To replace a clause of..
(because, as, since +S+vb)
e.g. Walking quickly, I soon caught up with her.
i. To replace a in
the Active Voice
e.g. The boy talking to Sarah is my cousin.
PAST PARTICIPLE
g. Instead of a S+vb in the..Voice
e.g. Impressed by her enthusiasm, they smiled.

h. To replace a..in the Passive.
e.g. Leather goods sold in France are very stylish.
i. To replace the if-clause in a conditional
sentence containing.
e.g. Looked after carefully, the plant can live
through the winter.

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