Rewrite these sentences replacing the words which are underlined with participial phrases.
 
1. She slept in the afternoon and had a pleasant dream.
2. The car was damaged by the speed breaker and came to a halt.
3. The man sat in the cafe the whole morning and read the newspaper.
4. T he branch crashed to the ground because the force of the wind broke it.
 

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• Damaged by the speed breaker, the car came to a halt.
• Sitting in the cafe the whole morning, the man read the newspaper.