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Question
Pick out the infinitives/ gerunds/ participles from the following sentence and state what one is.
We decided to settle in Pune
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Solution
to settle - infinitive.
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1. “When I leave,’ Sophie said, coming home from school, “I’m going to have a boutique.”
2. Jansie, linking arms with her along the street, looked doubtful.
3. “I’ll find it,” Sophie said, staring far down the street.
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– What Sophie was doing while she was “saying” is indicated by “coming home from school”. So we get the information of two actions happening at the same time. We convey the information in one sentence instead of two.
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