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2. I felt tired. So, I went to take rest.

Feeling tired , i went to take rest.

Now, we will study misplaced participles . A participle is a verb that functions as an
adjective, so it must come close to the noun or pronoun that it modifies.

A misplaced participle does modify a noun or pronoun that is in the sentence. It is just
note close to it, so it seems to modify something else. The sentence must be rewritten to
move the misplaced participle closer to the word that it modifies.

Read the following examples:

1. Moving from flower to flower, I watched the butterfly.
In the above sentence, I am not moving from flower to flower, the butterfly is.

So the correct way of writing it is –

I watched the butterfly moving from flower to flower.

2. Sitting in the last row, the blackboard was hard to see.
In the above sentence, the blackboard wasn’t sitting in the last row.

The correct way of writing it is –

Sitting in the back row, I couldn’t see the blackboard well.

G The gerund are verb-nouns ending in -ing.

Read the following examples:

1. Dancing is an art. Both Participles and Gerunds end in -
ing, but their functions are different.
2. I love singing.
The participles are like adjectives and
G Gerund is verb + -ing . The following verbs gerunds are like nouns.

are followed by -ing form (the gerund):
miss suggest continue can’t help enjoy

mind finish put off go on keep

avoid give up dislike stop

Read the following examples:

1. Could you please finish eating the burger soon?
2. I avoid eating spicy foods.

3. I like making drawings.

4. They enjoy skating .

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