Reduce adverbial clauses by participles and to infinitivesReduce adverbial clauses by participles and to infinitives 1. Before they left the room, they didn’t foreget to turn off the lights. à …………………………………………… 2. After she graduates, she will get a job. à …………………………………. 3. When I see him tomorrow, I will ask him. à ……………………… 4. After he has breakfast tomorrow, he will get ready to go to work. à ……………………………………. 5. I will get home at 5:30. After I get home, I will have dinner. à ……………….. 6. When he came to the party, he didn’t see anyone there. à ……………………………………………….. 7. We saw the accident when we were travelling to the centre of our city. à …………………………….. 8. Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed. à ……………………….. 9. He had worked very hard but he failed. à………………………………………….. 10. Although Tom was a poor student, he studied very well. 11. Although she has a physical handicap, she has become a successful woman. 12. Though he had not finished the paper, he went to sleep. 13. He couldn’t earn enough money for living although he worked hard. à………………………………………….. 14. Although Jane wrote for the tickets, she still had to stand in line. à………………………………………….. 15. Because he missed the first bus, he came ten minutes late. à………………………………………….. 16. They couldn’t live happily because they have no money. à………………………………………….. 17. Though he drove carefully, he had an accident yesterday. à………………………………………….. 18. Because they lacked money, they couldn’t buy that villa. à………………………………………….. 19. The children left the village because they didn’t have any jobs. à ………………………………………………………… 20. He opened the lion’s cage. He intended to feed the lion. à ___________________________________________________ 21. He left his rifle outside. He didn’t want to frighten his wife. à ___________________________________________________ 22.I took off my shoes. I didn’t want to make any noise. à ___________________________________________________ 23. He learned English well. He wanted to make his mother happy. à ___________________________________________________ 24.They talked in whispers. They didn’t want me to overhear them. à ___________________________________________________ 25. Airplanes carry parachutes. The crew can escape in case of fire. à ___________________________________________________ 26. I am insuring my life. I want my children to have something to live on if I am killed. à ___________________________________________________ 27. Please shut the gate. I don’t want the cows to get out of the field. à ___________________________________________________ |