Present participles in composition: Activity 1

Returning to the area after the War, Pissaro largely retained the same fiction about Louveciennes. →

AnswerPissaro 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. →

AnswerHe has fallen completely from view since May. He finds another window suddenly beckoning.

He paused, strumming on the table with a thick finger. →

AnswerHe paused. He strummed on the table with a thick finger.

Shouting above the music, Cosmo yelled, ‘That was a bloody stupid mistake.’ →

AnswerCosmo shouted above the music. He yelled, ‘That was a bloody stupid mistake.’