participle clauses

What on earth are

Participle clauses

and how to deal with them

We use a participle Clause when we want to include information more concisely in a sentence.

Be more specific

Participle Clauses can replace a clause with subject + a verb.

Waiting for Ellie, I made some tea. (While I was waiting for Ellie, I made some tea.)

Participle Clauses begin with either a present participle or pAST PARTICIPLE

We use having + past participle to talk about the past.

Having had so many parties, you can surely give me lots of advice.

We put not in front of the participle to express a negative.

For example

Not having been in this position before, I don't have any personal experience in this area, so I'm not sure what to do.

Your turn!