Present, Past & Perfect Participles

It was a _________ news for the boy.

• shock

• having been shocking

• shocking

• shocked

The children were _______________ after three hours of swimming.

• tire

• tiring

• tired

• having been tired

........the film at least a dozen times, he knew it almost by heart

• see

• saw

• seeing

• having been seen

...that it was useless to argue with him, I dropped the subject

• see

• seeing

• saw

• having been seen

..... into a lively conversation, I missed the call.

• being engaged

• being engaged

• has engaged

• having been engaged

..... control of his car on an icy road, the driver hit a tree

• lose

• losing

• lost

• having lost

_______ sick, Sam left school early

• feel

• feels

• felt

• feeling

.... with the good news, they went out for dinner.

• please

• pleasing

• pleased

• having been pleasing

The actor left the show after .... by the revelation of the scandal.

• embarrass

• embarrassing

• embarrassed

• having been embarrassed

.. the chocolate egg was very tempting, but I resisted because it is my brother's.

• eat

• ate

• eating

• having been eaten