Choose the best option: _______ the homework, he was allowed to go out with his friends.

When two clauses in a sentence have the same subject, we can reduce the two sentences into one.

Use participles to shorten sentences when two clauses have the same subject:

first. When we want to express two actions happening at the same time, we use Ving or P2 to shorten:

– Ving: when the clause is active

– P2/Being P2: when the clause is passive

2. When we want to express an action that happened first, we use the perfect participle

– Having P2: active

– Having been PII: passive

Write full: He had finished the homework. He was allowed to go out with his friends.

Compact: Having finished the homework, he was allowed to go out with his friends.

Translated: After completing his homework, he is allowed to hang out with his friends.

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