Join the sentences using the participle in the appropriate form. Mother had cooked the meat pie. She...

1. Mother, having cooked the meat pie, found it too salty.
2. Mike, looking into the fridge, found out that he had nothing to eat.
3. I heard them singing in the next room.
4. Having fed her family, she ate dinner herself.
5. Entering the room, she found nobody in.
6. The man standing by the window is our dean.
7. Having cut his finger, he went to see a doctor.
8. She couldn't remember the forms of the verbs while doing the test.
9. Having done the test, she decided to have a short rest.

Mother, having cooked the meat pie, found it too salty. Mike, looking into the fridge, found out that he had nothing to eat. I heard them singing in the next room. Feeding her family, she ate dinner herself. Entering the room, she found nobody in. The man standing by the window is our dean. Having cut his finger, he went to see a doctor. She couldn't remember the forms of the verbs while doing the test. Having done the test, she decided to have a short rest.

Для объединения предложений с использованием причастий в соответствующей форме, причастие обычно используется для сокращения и упрощения конструкции, сохраняя при этом смысл. Вот как можно объединить каждое из данных предложений:

1. Mother had cooked the meat pie. She found it too salty.

   • Having cooked the meat pie, Mother found it too salty.

2. Mike looked into the fridge. He found out that he had nothing to eat.

   • Looking into the fridge, Mike found out that he had nothing to eat.

3. They were singing in the next room. I heard them.

   • I heard them singing in the next room.

4. She fed her family. She ate dinner herself.

   • Having fed her family, she ate dinner herself.

5. She entered the room. She found nobody in.

   • Entering the room, she found nobody in.

6. The man is standing by the window. He is our dean.

   • The man standing by the window is our dean.

7. He had cut his finger. He went to see a doctor.

   • Having cut his finger, he went to see a doctor.

8. She was doing the test. She couldn't remember the forms of the verbs.

   • Doing the test, she couldn't remember the forms of the verbs.

9. She had done the test. She decided to have a short rest.

   • Having done the test, she decided to have a short rest.

В этих примерах причастия помогают объединить предложения, делая их короче и более складными. Выбор между причастием настоящего времени (-ing) и причастием прошедшего времени (having + past participle) зависит от времени действия и его завершённости.