Answer — Exercise 5
Writing 8·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Rewrite the sentences in a more formal manner, using active or passive participle clauses.
Answer
- Entering the museum, we ...
- Walking round the museum, I ...
- Removed from Greece at the start of the 19th century, the Elgin Marbles ...
- Being redecorated, the galleries ...
- Not having long before closing time, we ...
- Being a regular visitor to the city, I’m ...
- Being about ten miles outside of town, the museum ...
- A new law was introduced about ten years ago, resulting in all entrance fees being scrapped.
- Visiting the museum during the morning, you will find it much less crowded.
- The guide, pretending not to hear her questions, carried on with the tour.