Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate word or phrase and fill in the blank.

---------- a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.

  1. It being

  2. Being

  3. Having been

  4. It been

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This sentence uses a nominative absolute construction where the participle phrase has its own subject. It being a rainy day provides the reason for the main clause. If we used Being alone, the subject of the main clause (we) would incorrectly be modified, implying that the people were a rainy day.