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Being Verbs
Being Verbs
19. Paula was smiling sweetly as she gave him the cup.
20. Smiling sweetly, Paula gave him the cup.
21. They were pushing their way to the front of the queue.
22. Pushing their way to the front of the queue, they claimed their
prize.
23. He was amazed when they won the prize.
24. The witches screamed when they were turned into mice.
25. Stepping inside, Emily was amazed by the size of the capsule.
26. Seeing the open door, Emily stepped inside.
27. They were cowering under the stairs when the bomb exploded.
28. Cowering under the stairs, they heard the bomb explode.
29. Fish are usually eaten with chips and vinegar.
30. They were running past the gates when they saw the space ship land
on the field.
31. Running past the gates, they saw the space ship land on the field.
32. They saw the space ship land on the field as they were running past
the gates.
33. He was gasping for breath as he reached the top of the stairs.
34. Gasping for breath, he reached the top of the stairs.
35. He was clambering up to the top of the stairs, gasping for breath.
Now read these sentences again and make sure you have
underlined ALL the being verbs, the present and past
participles and the doing verbs.