4. Grammar: Present Participle

If you describe a product, you can pack more information into a sentence without using full clauses. This is because you can use the -ing form (the present participle) to reduce some clauses/sentences. For example:

Inflatable 35-cm wheels provide a comfortable ride, allowing drivers to travel across rough, open ground.

(Instead of saying: Inflatable 35-cm wheels provide a comfortable ride. They allow drivers to travel across rough, open ground.)

Read more about this grammar point here and then do this task about a mobility scooter for disabled people. NB: The use of the present participle for reducing relative clauses is going to be further practised in Unit 3b.