NON-FINITES EXERCISE

Rewrite the following sentences by changing the participle into a finite verb

1. Having learnt his lesson, he went out  to play cricket.

2. Walking along the street one day, I saw a dead cobra.

3. Leaving the forest we advanced into the open plain.

4. Driven out of his country, he sought asylum in a foreign land.

5. It being a very hot day, I remained in my tent.

6. A gipsy, wandering across the meadows, found the child.

7. I once saw a man walking on a rope.

8. Not knowing my way, I asked a policeman.

9. Hearing the noise, I woke up.

10. Being paralytic, he could not walk.

Answers

1. After he learnt his lesson, he went out to play cricket.

2. While I was walking along the street one day, I saw a dead cobra.

3. We left the forest and advanced into the open plain.

4. As he was driven out of his country, he sought asylum in a foreign land.

5. As it was a very hot day, I remained in my tent.

6. A gipsy found the child while he was wandering across the meadows.

7. I once saw a man who was walking on a rope.

8. As I did not know my way, I asked a policeman.

9. When I heard the noise, I woke up.

10. As he was paralytic, he could not walk.