Question

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

We met a man. He was carrying a load of wood.

• A. We met a man who carried a load of wood.
• B. We met a man who was carrying a load of wood.
  
• C. We were meeting a man who was carrying a load of wood.
• D. We were meeting a man who carried a load of wood.
  

Answer 1

The correct option is B

We met a man who was carrying a load of wood.

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.

If we wish to emphasize that one action was before another then we can use a perfect participle.

From the given options, option B is correct as the word 'carrying' is a verb form used as an adjective to describe what a man was doing.

The incorrect options are:

A - The word 'carried' here implies that the man once carried wood and wasn't doing so when the author met him.

C - The tense of the sentence has changed.

D - The word 'meeting' here is not used as a participle and just as a verb form.