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Types

Types

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Functions An attribute. He came up to the crying children. An

Functions

An attribute. He came up to the crying children.
An adverbial modifier:
Of

time (with “when” or “while”). When listening to her I understood that she was upset.
Of cause. Not knowing his new telephone I couldn’t get in touch with him.
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An adverbial modifier Of manner and attending circumstances. He ran up

An adverbial modifier

Of manner and attending circumstances. He ran up

to her, smiling happily
Of comparison (with “as if”, “as though”). He peering at me, as if not recognizing.
Of concession (with “though”). He couldn’t catch up with them though working very hard.
Of condition. Driving at this speed, we will be there in time.
A parenthesis. Frankly speaking, taking into consideration.
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Uses Instead of relative pronouns and full verb. The woman waving

Uses

Instead of relative pronouns and full verb. The woman waving at

me is my aunt.
To express reason. Feeling shy, she didn’t talk to him
To express time. (After) taking degree, he applied for a job
Instead of Past Simple for description actions happening immediately one after the other. Hearing the news, she fainted.
To avoid repeating Past Continuous in the same sentence. He was walking down the street whistling a tune.