<p>uncertain how to proceed with the scene, the actors stopped, awaiting for further instructions from the director</p>
<p>the correct answer is "because they were uncertain how to proceed with the scene, the actors stopped and awaited further instructions from the director".</p>
<p>i don't get what's wrong with the original sentence. please help!! THANKS!</p>
<p>The sentence doesn’t make much sense as it is. It has the actors “stopped” – past tense - with them then “awaiting” - progressive tense ( I think). Actually, I really can’t explain why technically this sentence is wrong… it just doesn’t make sense. The commas throw everything off too.</p>
<p>for these, you have to turn the sentence around so it should read</p>
<p>The actors stopped, awaiting for further instructions from the director, uncertain how to proceed with the scene.</p>
<p>^^^DOESNT MAKE SENSE</p>
<p>Now try</p>
<p>The actors, stopped awating for further instructions from the director because they were uncertian how to proceed with the scene, </p>
<p>a much better combination</p>
<p>cause and effect relationship</p>
<p>The sentence is fine as is except for the misuse of an idiomatic expression. Saying “awaiting for” is wrong; you await something or wait for it. Don’t conflate the two. All the verb tenses, however, are correct.</p>