Present participles in composition
This activity involves working with nonfinite clauses to do some sentence-splitting and sentence-joining. The purpose is to develop your awareness of the different kinds of structures that are available to you as a writer.
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Present participles in composition: Activity 1
Returning to the area after the War, Pissaro largely retained the same fiction about Louveciennes. →
Pissaro returned to the area after the War. He largely retained the same fiction about Louveciennes.
Having fallen completely from view since May, he finds another window suddenly beckoning. →
Present participles in composition: Activity 2
I arrived just before lunch. I looked for Harry Frampton in the dining room. →
Arriving just before lunch, I looked for Harry Frampton in the dining room.
The ZR-1 looked little different from the normal Corvette. It performed like a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. →