Grammar exercises · 12 questions
Participle clauses exercises
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Test yourself on participle clauses with 12 interactive questions. Every answer comes with an explanation, and if you get one wrong, the AI tutor can explain exactly why your answer didn't work.
Question 1 of 12
___ exhausted after the night shift, Amara went straight to bed.
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Guessing gets you through a quiz; understanding gets you through the exam. Read the full Participle clauses lesson: A participle clause is a reduced clause built on a present participle (-ing), a past participle (-ed) or a perfect participle (having done) instead of a full subject and verb: 'Feeling nervous, Priya rehearsed her answer twice.' It shares its subject with the main clause and compresses reasons, time sequences and relative clauses, a signature Band 8 structure.