B2 · Upper-intermediate Infinitives and -ing forms · Participle

Participle clauses

Estimated study time: about 42 minutes

Meaning and purpose

Reduced clauses with -ing/-ed

Examples

Feeling tired I went to bed.

Correct versus incorrect

Correct

Feeling tired I went to bed.

Incorrect example

No paired incorrect sentence has been authored for this lesson yet.

Common misconception

Dangling participles

Practice and review

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Answer all, then check

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