Question

Combine the following pairs of sentences by making use of participles.
A crow stole a piece of cheese. She flew to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal.
A) Having stolen a piece of cheese, a crow flew to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal.
B) Having stealing a piece of cheese, a crow flew to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal.
C) Having flown to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal, a crow stole a piece of cheese.
D) Flying to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal, a crow stole a piece of cheese.

Answer 1

Hint: Present participle, past participle, and perfect participle are the three types of participles in English. The first two are possibly familiar to you from various tenses and adjective forms.
To begin, participles are verb-derived words that can be used as adjectives or as parts of verb phrases to establish different verb tenses. Simply put, a participle will appear to be a verb (running), but it can serve a different purpose in the sentence: the running water. The participle is defining the water and also serving as an adjective.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given option
Option A. Having stolen a piece of cheese, a crow flew to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal.
The sequence of events in the query is indicated by the given set of sentences. The key verbs in the query sentences are all in the past tense. As a result of one event occurring before the other, the first verb in the joint sentence would be in the past participle form, which is present in option A. Hence, this option is correct.

Option B. Having stealing a piece of cheese, a crow flew to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal. The same verb in the continuous tense. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option C. Having flown to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal, a crow stole a piece of cheese. The given statement in option ‘C’ contradicts the given sequence and is therefore incorrect.

Option D. Flying to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal, a crow stole a piece of cheese. Option D's statements contradict the given sequence and are thus incorrect.

Therefore, Option A i.e, Having stolen a piece of cheese, a crow flew to her nest to enjoy the tasty meal is the correct answer.

Note: The perfect participle denotes operation that has been done. By putting the present participle in front of the past participle, you will make the perfect participle. For example, having accomplished, completed, read, or spoken.
For both active and passive voice, the perfect participle may be used.
Active voice: having + past participle (Having cooked, he set the table.)
Passive voice: having been + past participle (Having been cooked, the food looked delicious.)