Guru's Classes of English

Quiz 174
NON - FINITE VERBS - 28
( Join sentences with participles )
Join the following pairs of sentences using suitable participles:
1. Sita was charmed with the golden deer. She asked Lakshman to catch it for her.
2. We started early. We arrived at noon.
3. He had done hi...

Quiz 173
NON - FINITE VERBS - 27
( Joining sentences with participles )
Join the following pairs of sentences using suitable participles:
1. I was charmed with the ripe mangoes. I bought 2 kg.
2. People were sleeping in the room. They were awakened by the sound of breaking gla...

Quiz 172
NON - FINITE VERBS - 26 ( PRESENT PARTICIPLE or GERUND? )
The '--ing form' is a present participle if we can expand it into an Adjective clause. If not, it is a Gerund.
Examples:
a). He killed a flying bird.
('flying' is a 'present participle' because it can b...

Quiz 171
NON - FINITE VERBS - 25
( DANGLING PARTICIPLE )
A Participle is used as a substitute for a finite verb only when both the sentences have the SAME subject.
Example:
Raju was going to office. He had an accident.
➝While going to office, Raju had an accident.
BUT when ...

Quiz 170
NON - FINITE VERBS - 24
(Participles to join pairs of sentences)
Join the following pairs of sentences using present or perfect participles:
1. She believed that she could trust him. She gave him a blank cheque.
➝Believing that...
2. He stole the money. He looked for a p...

Quiz 169
NON - FINITE VERBS - 23
(Present participle to join pairs of sentences)
Example:
a). She entered the room silently. She found them smoking.
➝ENTERING the ROOM SILENTLY, she found them smoking.
Join the following pairs of sentences with present participle:
1. He hoped to fin...

Quiz 168
NON - FINITE VERBS - 22
(Absolute phrase➝Subordinate clause)
We dealt with the 'Absolute phrase' in Quiz 167 yesterday. This 'Absolute phrase' can be easily changed into a 'subordinate clause' (आश्रित उपवाक्य).
Example:
a). GOD WILLING, we shall meet again.
➝IF DOD IS WILLIN...

Quiz 167
NON - FINITE VERBS - 21
(ABSOLUTE PHRASE = Noun/pronoun + V-ing)
When a 'noun/pronoun + present participle' forms part of a sentence, it is called an ABSOLUTE PHRASE because it is independent of the rest of the sentence.
Example:
a). GOD WILLING, we shall meet again.
Pic...

Quiz 166
NON - FINITE VERBS - 20
(C. The PERFECT PARTICIPLE)
Pick out the perfect participles in the following sentences:
1. Having read the instructions, I started to answer the questions.
2. Having parked his car, he bought two tickets for the *matinee.
3. Having failed twic...