Combine two sentences, using the Absolute Participle Construction.

Пример: The book was* interesting. We read it with pleasure.
The book being* interesting, we read it with pleasure.

1. Our friend helped us. We could fulfil our work in time.
2. There were no trams at that late hour. We had to walk home.
3. The magazines have been brought. The students could start doing translations.
4. The experiment has been over. Everybody left the laboratory.
5. The speaker has finished the report. We began discussing it.

Paul and Oliver often have picnics in the picnic area in summer.
Paul and Oliver usually play sports at the sports center on holiday.
Paul sometimes watches birds in the Wales parks in August.
Paul and Oliver always have countryside walks in the Wales parks at weekends.
Oliver often rides a bike in the Wales parks in summer.
Paul sometimes rides a horse  in the Wales parks on holiday.
Paul and Oliver usually fish in the Wales parks every summer.
Oliver often climbs mountains in the Wales parks in summer.
Paul and Oliver sometimes buy souvenirs in the Wales parks on holiday.

1. Our friend was all the time thought about. 
2. In a week he will be operated on. 
3. The pupil's parents were sent for. 
4. The newspaper was looked for everywhere. 
5. The bed wasn't slept in. 
6. The telegram was asked for. 
7. The lecturer was listened to with great attention. 
8. The freshman was laughed at. 
9. Yesterday the headmistress was spoken to.
10. The babies were looked after with great care. 
11. That old house wasn't lived in. 
12. Jim was sent for and told to prepare a report on that subject.