Question

Combine the following pair of sentences by making use of a participle.

They seized him by the collar. They led him away.

• A. Having seized him by the collar, they led him away.
• B. Having seizing him by the collar, they led him away.
• C. Leading him away, they seized him by the collar.
• D. Leading away, they seized him by the collar.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Having seized him by the collar, they led him away.

A gerund is a form of a verb used as a noun, whereas a participle is a form of verb used as an adjective or as a verb in conjunction with an auxiliary verb.

The correct option is option A as 'having' though a verb form acts like an adjective here and gives us an idea about what happens in the sentence. i.e. Someone's collar was grabbed.

The incorrect options are:

B - as the tense of 'seizing' is incorrect.

C and D - Leading here acts like a verb and not an adjective. Thus it isn't used as a participle here.