Paraphrase the sentences and fill in the gaps with participles

1. As our classes were finished, we went home.

   [ ] our classes, we went home.

2. If my father agrees with us, we will go to the mountains on vacation.

   [ ], we will go to the mountains on vacation.

3. As the chest was open, we could see everything inside it.

   The chest [ ], we could see everything inside it.

4. John had no will to continue on working that day, for it was so hot outside.

   John had no will to continue on working that day, it [ ] so hot outside.

5. The efforts to solve the issue failed, and the actor asked to think it over again.

   The efforts to solve the issue [ ], the actor asked to think it over again.

6. Breakfast was served downstairs, as there was the canteen.

   Breakfast was served downstairs, the canteen [ ] there.