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English grammar: Using Participle Clauses

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using participle clauses

Today’s English lesson is about using participle clauses. What is a participle clause? Good question. Watch the video and read the lesson to find out.

This particular lesson looks at -ing participle clauses and how we use them in English.

There are three main ways we can use participle clauses in our sentences. Let’s have a look at them one by one.

After/before + ing

Look at the following sentences to see how we use this structure.

After visiting Paris, I wanted to learn French.

Please clean the pool before going for a swim.

I got to like John after knowing him for a few years.

Before quitting your job, why not talk to your boss.

When, while, since + ing

Here are some more examples of how we can use -ing participle clauses after when, while and since. Look at the example sentences.

When walking around a dangerous city, try not to look like a tourist. You don’t want to get robbed.

He hasn’t been the same since coming back from the war. It must have been a traumatic experience for him.

Jeff got two flat tyres while riding his bike. He can’t believe his bad luck.

My Spanish has got better since moving to Spain. I can now speak to the locals.

On, without, in spite of, instead of + ing

Again, after these words we can use participle clauses.

On hearing the bad news, he started to cry.

The kids went to bed without making a fuss.

Instead of going home, he went to a nightclub. That’s why he looks hungover today.

He went to live in London in spite of/despite speaking little English.

There you go. Some examples of how we use participle clauses in English.

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