Why can we use waiting (present participle) with grew (past simple)?
The children, waiting for the play to begin, grew bored.
Sentence is from Participial Phrase Worksheet at Sinclair.edu.
Answer
The first part of the sentence does NOT mean:
The children **are waiting** for the play to begin.
Instead it should be understood as:
While the children were waiting for the play to begin, they grew bored.
You can rewrite the sentence and not change its meaning to:
The children were waiting for the play to begin
butgrew bored.
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : william007 , Answer Author : Mari-Lou A
