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. →
He has fallen completely from view since May. He finds another window suddenly beckoning.
He paused, strumming on the table with a thick finger. →
He paused. He strummed on the table with a thick finger.
Shouting above the music, Cosmo yelled, ‘That was a bloody stupid mistake.’ →
Cosmo shouted above the music. He yelled, ‘That was a bloody stupid mistake.’
