<u>Having</u> finished her work, Sharmila left home at 8:00 PM.
Directions: Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and identify which <strong>WORD CLASS</strong> the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- A. Participle
- B. Auxiliary verb ✓
- C. Adverb
- D. Conjunction
Correct Answer: B. Auxiliary verb
Explanation
In the perfect participle construction 'having finished', the word 'having' functions as an auxiliary verb to the past participle 'finished'.
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