Past + present participle clauses

Present & past participle clauses

Multiple Choice

(1)___ for the bus, (2)she slipped on some ice and fell over.

• Running

• Run

• Having run

Multiple Choice

(1)___ the paper, (2)he saw the news about his hometown.

• Reading

• Read

• Having read

Multiple Choice

(1)_____ by the TV show, (2)Tracy felt asleep.

• Bored

• Boring

• Being boring

• Was bored

Multiple Choice

(1)___ in prisons throughout her twenties, (2)she wrote her first play about life behind bars.

• After working

• Worked

• Having been worked

Fill in the Blank

_____ (give) a lot of homework for the weekend, we felt very sad.

Multiple Choice

(1)___ through the woods, (2)they found a bird with a broken wing.

• Walking

• Walked

• Having walked

Fill in the Blank

(1)_____ (catch) by a policeman, (2)the thief was taken to the police station.

Multiple Choice

(2)Jamile left school early because(1) he felt sick.

_____________, Jamie left school early.

• Feeling sick

• Having felt sick

• Felt sick

Multiple Choice

_____ down the street, Sam saw a traffic accident.

• Walk

• Walking

• Walked

• Walks

Multiple Choice

_____ for a train, Jason met his former teacher.

• Wait

• Waits

• Waiting

• Waited

Fill in the Blank

I agreed to visit the haunted house after I was persuaded by Ann.

__________________ by Ann, I agreed to visit the haunted house.

Fill in the Blank

Loraine took out her camera under the sea as she was amazed by what she saw.

__________________ by what she saw, Loraine took out her camera under the sea.

Fill in the Blank

Leo cried for help because he was bitten by a snake.

_____________ by a snake, Leo cried for help.

Fill in the Blank

Dad thought the object was just a plane as he didn't believe in UFOs.

__________________ in UFOs, Dad thought the object was just a plane.

Fill in the Blank

Write the past participle of the following verb:

Forget

Fill in the Blank

Karen watched an old film on television. She fell asleep.

________________, Karen fell asleep.

Fill in the Blank

 Jason took out his camera as he was amazed by what he saw.

________________, Jason took out his camera.

Fill in the Blank

Jeffrey plans his monthly spending carefully. That’s why he doesn’t spend much on clothes.

________________, Jeffrey does not spend much on clothes.

Fill in the Blank

2. Derrick immediately had tears in his eyes as he was scolded by his father.

________________, Derrick immediately had tears in his eyes.

Fill in the Blank

Jason was disappointed by his performance at the dancing contest and decided to take a break from dancing.

________________at the dancing contest, Jason decided to take a break from dancing.

Fill in the Blank

The thief put his hands up in the air immediately after he dropped the knife.

(1)________________, the thief (2) _____________

(1)?

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The thief put his hands up in the air immediately after he dropped the knife.

(1)________________, the thief (2) _____________.

(2)?