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I.
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 found the 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.
1. 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 I realize that my clothes are hopelessly out-of-date. 10.1 didn't like to sit down.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.
II.
a) I was away at the time of the disastrous floods. I could, therefore, do nothing to help with salvage work.
b) The world disappointed him. He became a monk.
c) The rescue party decided that it would be hopeless to carry out a search while the fog persisted. They put off their rescue bid until the next day.
d) He was brought up in the belief that pleasures were sinful. As a result, he now leads an ascetic life.
e) This letter was addressed to the wrong house. It never reached my friend.
f)One can allow for the fact that the orchestra was under-rehearsed. Even so, last night's concert was extremely disappointing.
g) He was very angry when his car broke down. He had had it serviced only a week before.
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h) A new conception has been developed in theoretic linguistics. The conception is useful in language teaching.
i) The man lost interest in his work. He had been passed over in favour of an outsider when a senior position became vacant.
j) He had to put off buying a house. He was unable to borrow the money from any bank.
Replace the attributive clauses by the Participle
Model: All the people who live in this house are students.
All the people living in this house are students.
1. The man who is speaking now is our new secretary. 2. The apparatus that stands on the table in the corner of the laboratory is quite new. 3. The young man who helps the professor in his experiments studies at an evening school. 4. People who take books from the library must return them in time. There are many pupils in our class who take part in the performance.
