Your friend is journaling about their morning. Help them combine two ideas into one smooth sentence using a present participle clause (-ing form).

Drag the correct words to complete the sentence.

Original: "Because I was exhausted from the gym, I skipped breakfast."

Being exhausted from the gym, I skipped breakfast.

The correct answer is Being exhausted from the gym, I skipped breakfast.

Use Being + adjective to replace a reason clause ("Because I was…"). The present participle clause shares the same subject as the main clause. The simple past skipped matches the original sentence's main verb tense.