Participle I passive in this function usually denotes priority.
Being left alone, the girl fell asleep.
Note: Participle I being (from to be) is not used as an adverbial modifier of time, we use «while-phrase» or a clause instead.
Будучив Москве, я посетил Кремль. While in Moscow (= while I was in Moscow) I visited the Kremlin. Будучи мальчиком, я любил играть в футбол. When a boy (= when I was a boy) I liked to play football. Exercise 27. Replace the adverbial clauses of time by Participle I.
1. Be careful when you cross a street. 2. When you leave the room, don’t forget to switch off the light. 3. When you begin to work with the dictionary, don’t forget my instructions. 4. When they were travelling in Central Africa, the explorers met many wild animals. 5. When you copy English texts, pay attention to the articles. 6. You must have much practice when you are learning to speak a foreign language. 7. When you speak English, pay attention to the intonation.
