2024 · Q47
Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and identify which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
**Having** finished her work, Sharmila left home at 8:00 PM.
EnglishWord Classes
- AParticiple
- BAuxiliary verb
- CAdverb
- DConjunction
Explanation
‘Having finished her work’ is a perfect participle phrase: the -ing form of the verb with ‘having’ expressing a completed action, functioning to modify ‘Sharmila’. It is not an auxiliary verb, an adverb, or a conjunction. Hence ‘having’ here is a participle.