1. Sitting on the airplane and watching the clouds pass beneath me, I let my thoughts wander to the new experiences that were in store for me during the next two years of living abroad.

2. Being a self-supporting widow with three children, she has no choice but to work

3. Lying on her bed in peace and quiet, she soon forgot her troubles.

4. Having already spent all of his last paycheck, he does not have any money to live on for the rest of the month.

5. Watching the children’s energetic play, I felt like an old man even though I am only forty.

6. Having brought up ten children of their own, the Smiths may be considered experts on child behavior.

7. Being totally surprised by his proposal of marriage, Carol could not find the words to reply.

8. Driving to my grandparents’ house last night, we saw a young woman who was selling flowers. We stopped so that we could buy some for my grandmother.

9. Struggling against fatigue, I forced myself to put one foot in front of the other.

10. Having guessed at the correct answers for a good part of the test, I did not expect to get a high score.

11. Realizing that I had made a dreadful mistake when I introduced him as Christopher Micol, I walked over to him and apologized. I know his name is Micol Christopher.

12. Tapping his fingers loudly on the desktop, he made his impatience and dissatisfaction known.