The document discusses the use of present participles in sentences. It provides examples of how present participles can be used to describe one action that occurs simultaneously with another action performed by the same subject. It also explains how present participles can express the first of two actions done by the same subject when the second action follows quickly. Additionally, it notes that present participles can replace phrases starting with "as, because, and since" to describe the cause or reason for an action.

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2. Let us study the following sentences:
I wished to talk to my daughter. I phoned her.
Wishing to talk to my daughter, I phoned her.
I was tired of teaching. I sat down to rest.
Being tired of teaching, I sat down to rest.
He ran after the ball. He hurt himself.
Running after the ball, he hurt himself.
When two actions occur at the same time, and are done
by the same person or thing, we can use Present
Participle to describe one of them.

3. Study the following sentences:
He took his suitcase. He left his cabin.
Taking his suitcase, he left his cabin.
The students saw the teacher. They sat silently.
Seeing the teacher, all the students sat silently.
The child felt the mother’s hand. It stopped crying.
Feeling the mother’s hand, the child stopped crying.
When one action follows very quickly after another done
by same person or thing, we express the first action
with a Present Participle.

4. Because he felt hungry, he went into the kitchen and opened
the fridge.
Feeling hungry, he went into the kitchen and opened the
fridge.
As the child felt the mother’s hand, it stopped crying.
Feeling the mother’s hand, the child stopped crying.
Since the students saw their teacher, they sat silently.
Seeing their teacher, the students sat silently.
Present Participle can be used instead of a phrase starting “as,
because and since” and it explains the cause or reason for an
action.

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