Present participle Grammar
Hello sir,
Kindly break it down the sentence below by explaining present participle used in the sentence.
1)When I was 16, I worked at a nursing home, cleaning dishes in the kitchen for three or four months. Then, I worked in a store, selling things for almost seven years, and so on and so forth.
Could you break it down the present participle "cleaning " and "selling" the sentence above?
Top answer
ritik I worked at a nursing home, cleaning dishes in the kitchen The participle clause tells us what kind of work "I" did. ritik I worked in a store, selling things The participle clause tells us what kind of work "I" did. Many participle clauses are simply explanations of something mentioned earlier in the sentence.
- ritik I worked at a nursing home, cleaning dishes in the kitchen The participle clause tells us what kind of work "I" did.
- ritik I worked in a store, selling things The participle clause tells us what kind of work "I" did.
- Many participle clauses are simply explanations of something mentioned earlier in the sentence.
- CJ
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ritikI worked at a nursing home, cleaning dishes in the kitchen
The participle clause tells us what kind of work "I" did.
ritikI worked in a store, selling things
The participle clause tells us what kind of work "I" did.
Many participle clauses are simply explanations of somet
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