Ex. 5. join the groups of sentences, using participles, and making any necessary changes in
the word order.
i. (a, b)
model: 1. he got off the bus. he helped his grandmother.
getting off the bus, he helped his grandmother.
2. they found the treasure. they began quarrelling about how to divide it.
having foundthe treasure, they began quarrelling about how to divide it.
3. he was exhausted by his work. he threw himself on the bed.
being exhausted by his work, he threw himself on the bed.
i. he realized that he had missed the last train. he began to walk. 2. she didn’t want to hear
the story again. she had heard it all before. 3. she entered the room suddenly. she found
them smoking. 4. i turned on the light. i was astonished at what i saw. 5. we visited the
museum. we decided to have lunch in the park. 6. he offered to show us the way home. he
thought we’d got lost. 7. she asked me to help her. she realized that she couldn’t move it
alone. 8. he fed the dog. he sat down to his own dinner. 9 .1 have looked through the fashion
magazines. i realize that my clothes are hopelessly out-of-date. 10.1 didn’t like to sit down. i
knew that the grass was very wet.
