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.

3. The use of stealthy precision airdrop will undoubtedly benefit covert operations.

Stealthy precision airdrop was developed primarily in response to requirements from the Special Forces community.