Grammar Quiz No.92

N2Verb Forms〜まま

疲れていたので、電気をつけた___寝てしまいました。

Q. What does つけたまま express?

Translation

I was so tired I fell asleep with the light still on.

Explanation

〜たまま expresses an unchanged state continuing during another action: つけたまま寝た 'slept with it on'. The light was turned on and left that way — not turned off.