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WorksheetsPerfect participles
Total questions: 108
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
The bright lamp produced a pleasing effect.
The disease spread at an alarming rate.
.........the film at least a dozen times, he knew it almost by heart
seeing
having seen
having been seen
saw
...that it was useless to argue with him, I dropped the subject
having seen
having been seen
seeing
see
When Linda entered the room, she saw a lot of strangers and she felt....
embarrassed
being embarrassed
embarrass
embarrassing
I wonder what Doctor Brown thinks of the medical problem .....now.
discussing
discuss
having been discussed
being discussed
I heard them........ in the next room
having quarreled
quarrel
quarreling
quarreled
She bent down and looked at the tiny kitten .... under the table
sitting
having been sat
having sat
are sitting
Jenny looked up and saw her husband .... at her reflection in the mirror
having looked
looking
is looking
looks
..... into a lively conversation I missed the call.
being engaged
engaged
having engaged
has engaged
..... control of his car on an icy road, the driver hit a tree
losing
being lost
having lost
to loose
This exercise is..... . Can you please help me?
confuse
confused
confusing
having confused
.... with the good news, they went out for dinner.
Please
Pleased
Pleasing
Having been pleasing
The Natural History Museum in London is .... ! You should definitely visit it!
amaze
amazed
amazing
being amazed
The actor left the show after .... by the revelation of the scandal.
embarrass
embarrassed
embarrassing
having been embarrassed
... the chocolate egg was very tempting, but I resisted because it is my brother's.
Eat
Eaten
Eating
Having eaten
Sunday was a very ...... day.
relax
relaxed
relaxing
having relaxed
They were .... by the noise coming from their neighbours' house.
annoy
annoyed
annoying
being annoying
The __________ toast was still on the table.
burning
burnt
burns
The thief abandoned the __________ car near the hospital.
stealing
steals
stolen
I never wash the car myself; I always have it ___________ .
washed
washing
wash
_______ down from the tree, the monkey could see many people.
Looking
Looks
Looked
________ a scream, the child ran as fast as he could.
Heard
Hears
Hearing
The child refused to play with the _____ racquet.
breaking
broken
breaks
This year, I went back to the old neighborhood where I grew up. I was ________ to see how much it had changed.
surprised
surprises
surprising
I felt ________ when I saw that my house was still standing.
relieve
relieved
relieving
The side of the house was covered with a ________ vine.
climbed
climb
climbing
The ________ child was like me at that age.
excitement
excited
excite
What is a participle?
verb pretending to be a noun
verb pretending to be an adjective
noun pretending to be a noun
adjective pretending to be a verb
Find the participle:Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.
sleep
blinking
could
power
Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.
Which of word is a participle?
The window, broken during the storm, let the icy winds into the cabin
window
broken
during
let
Which word is a participle?
The man, burnt over seventy percent of his body, was rushed to a hospital in Denver.
rushed
the man
rushed
burnt
Which word is a participle?
Boiling storm clouds threatened to wash out the picnic.
boiling
threatened
wash
out
Choose which sentence contains a past particle.
We have ate excellent food in Japan.
We ate excellent food in Japan.
We has eaten excellent food in Japan.
We have eaten excellent food in Japan.
What's the Past Participle of see ?
saw
seed
seen
What's the Past Participle of hear ?
heared
heard
hearen
The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.
Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.
My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.
The sobbing child held his injured knee.
Identify the participial phrase.
Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.
ran toward the cake
falling off the table
falling off
Max ran
Identify the participle(s).
My mom cringed each time she heard the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.
cringed, heard
pounding
crashing, pounding
cringed
heard
Identify the participle(s).
Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.
smiled
wilting
smiled, wilting
sadly
Identify the participle(s).
The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the surging water.
drowning
struggled
drowning, struggled
drowning, surging
Identify the participle(s).
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the warm house.
shivering
couple
into
warm
Identify the participle(s).
The sobbing child held his injured knee.
The
sobbing
child
sobbing, injured
Identify the participle.
The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.
waterfall
rocks
over
cascading
Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.
William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.
Identify the participial phrase.
Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.
Preparing for the weather
grabbed her raincoat
grabbed her raincoat and rain boots
Meg grabbed
Identify the participial phrase.
Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.
quickly licked the ice cream
licked the ice cream
dripping down his arm
Mark quickly licked
Identify the participial phrase.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.
Placing the cookies
Placing the cookies in the hot oven
in the hot oven
burned his arm
Identify the participial phrase.
The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.
The hummingbird
flitting quickly from flower to flower
held my attention
for several minutes
Identify the participial phrase.
Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.
Placing her money
Placing her money on the counter
on the counter
smiled at the clerk
Identify the participial phrase.
The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.
roasting marshmallows
roasting marshmallows around the fire
told ghost stories to pass the time
to pass the time
Identify the participial phrase.
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats
Sweeping across the night sky
the bats hunted
hunted their prey.
A dog (a) by fire is scared of lightning
(Search) (a) for her gloves, she dug through the entire wardrobe.
(Whistle) (a) a song, she danced through the house with the mop.
(Sit) (a) in the shade, we ate cake and drank coffee.
(Blind) (a) by the sun, driver didn't see the stop sign.
(Sing) (a) by him, every song sounds wonderful.
(Run) (a) to the bus stop, she lost her shoe.
(Prepare) (a) by the chef himself, the dinner will be a real treat.
(Fell) (a) sick, Sam left the school.
(Impress) (a) by Daniel's work, the teacher gave him the highest score.
The Harry Potter books, (a) (write) by J.K.Rowling, have all been made into films.
——- properly, every kind of foodill at least last up to the date of expiry.
Preserved
Preserving
To preserve
Having preserved
Being preserved
Animals that live in hot, dry environments, such as deserts, have systems that help——- the water in their bodies.
Conserve
To conserving
is conserved
Conserved
To have been conserved
Reabsorption accounts for 85 percent of the salt, water and other substances——- by the kidney.
Processing
Are processed
Processed
Process
Having processed
If——- and——- properly, it is nearly impossible for a building to collapse in case of an earthquake.
Designed/ constructed
Designing/ constructing
Having designed/ constructed
Were designed/ constructed
Is designed/ is constructed
Simply——- , a process chart is a recording device on which the various parts or steps in a process are noted and later studied.
Having stated
Is stated
State
Stated
Has stated
——- to talk about his abilities and achievements, the newly appointed manager started to work harder than usual.
Having to want
Wanted
Having been wanted
Not being wanting
Not been wanted
——- the party in opposition, some bureaucrats were forced to resign after the elections since the opposition party could not come to power.
Being supported
Having been supported
Having supported
To be supported
Being supporting
——- filthy for a long time, the flat needs to be cleaned by a cleaning company.
Being
To be
Not having been
Having been
Not being
——- again, Joshua decided to have an alarm system set up to his shop.
Not havig robbed
Having robbed
Not to rob
not to be robbed
Not to have robbed
The Ottoman Empire arose from a Turkish principality——- in Anatolia at the end of the 13 th century, after the empire of the Seljuk Turks——- and the Byzantine Empire was crumbling.
Founded/ had collapsed
Founding/ collapsed
Being founded/ were collapsed
Founded/ have collapsed
Having founded/ had collapsed
The index——- to evaluate the variation in the number of inhabitants all over the world——- the movement of population.
Used/ called
is used/ is called
Used/ has called
Has been used/ is called
Used/ is called
The plateu that ——- the island of Madagascar is a block ——- from the African mainland in an early geological period.
Is forming/ is detached
Forms/ detached
Has formed/ detaching
Is formed/ detached
Forms/ had detached
More than 80 % of the active volcanoes——- around the Pacific Ocean, ——— the well-known fire belt.
Situated/ forming
Having situated/ having formed
Are situated/ being formed
Are situated/ forming
Have situated/ having formed
The greatest expanse of lava is ——— at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, which consists pf an immense slab of basalt——- an area of one million square miles.
Locating/ covering
To locate/ to be covered
Located/ covering
Having located/ covering
Is located/ covering
Scientists know that a sudden and swift disturbance——- place at a certain spot in the Earth’s interior ——- vibrations that spread out in all directions as elastic waves.
Takes/ causes
Taking/ causing
Has taken/ has caused
Takes/ is causing
Taking / causes
The light patterns ——- by the eye——- by the brain before they make sense.
Are recorded/ must be organised
Recorded/ must be organised
Having recorded/ are to be organised
To be recorded/ is organised
To have been recorded/ to have been organized
The amount of solar energy that reaches the limit of the troposphere is almost constant, ——- only by 1 or 2 %.
Varying
Varies
Having varied
Varied
To be varied
Backgammon is a board game——- by two players, each with 15 markers, which at the beginning of the game——- in a standard initial configuration on the board.
Played/ are placed
Played/ place
is played/ are placed
To be played/ are placing
Played/ have placed
Both a philosophy and a religion, Taoism was founded in China by Lao- Tzu, who is said——- in 604 B.C.
To be born
To have born
To have been born
Having born
To having been born
The Victorian age is generally considered ——- in 1837, the year that Queen Victoria acceded to the throne.
To begin
Having begun
To have begun
Beginning
Having been begun
