Question 5: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 14. _______ to rent a flat, we set about contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city.
Knowledge of perfect gerunds
When two clauses have the same subject, we can omit the subject of the first clause and change the word to:
– V-ing/Having + Vp2 with active sentences (using Having + Vp2 to emphasize an action that finished before another action in the past)
– Vp2 with the passive voice
Based on the meaning of the sentence, the omitted part is in the active form and occurs before the main clause, so having + Vp2 must be used.
Having decided to rent an apartment, we started contacting accommodation agencies in the city.
Other structures to note:
set about: start
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