Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.2 for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Frances Eales, Steve Oakes and Louis Harrison from Pearson Education

Question

Replace the underlined phrases with phrases with participles. Make changes to the rest of the sentence where necessary.

Answer

  1. The people living on the other side of the river were trapped.
  2. Anyone planning to go home early or wanting to take a break should let us know.
  3. Walking out of the restaurant, I ran into my old boss coming in.
  4. I used to work with the woman living next door.
  5. I left the party quickly, not telling anyone that I was unwell.
  6. Carrying a child under each arm, she ran out of the blazing building.
  7. He jumped up, frightened by the loud bang, mistaking the door for a gun.
  8. Walls painted white tend to attract more graffiti.