Writing Handbook Exercises
 

Participials and Infinitives

PART A : Creating participial phrases

For the exercises in Part A, convert the bold-faced sentence into a participial phrase and join it to the other sentence to make a single, more concise sentence.

example:

The first operational use of parachutes took place during the First World War.

It followed the advent of aircraft in the early twentieth century.

Following the advent of aircraft in the early twentieth century, the first operational use of parachutes took place during the First World War.

2. The Allies created their own airborne forces.

They were spurred on by the Axis' lead in parachute operations.