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Participle clauses

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do participle clauses END with?

a)

infinitive

b)

-ing

c)

infinitive without to

d)

-ed

2.

.................through the window, the little boy saw a stranger.

a)

Look

b)

To look

c)

Looking

d)

Looked

3.

Participle clauses can be used to ....................

a)

explain the reason for something

b)

to follow a preposition

c)

talk about an action happening at the same time

d)

to replace some relative clauses

e)

when one action happens AFTER another action

4.

Made to wait, I started to get annoyed. Tick the correct usage of this particle clause.

a)

to explain the reason

b)

as an alternative passive form

c)

to talk about actions happening at the same time

d)

to follow a preposition

5.

...............the start of the film, we decided not to watch the rest of it.

a)

Missing

b)

Missed

c)

Having missed

d)

To miss

6.

.................quite good at Maths, he gets high scores in any Math test.

a)

To be

b)

Having been

c)

Been

d)

Being

7.

The boy threw a stone, .................the window.

a)

break

b)

to break

c)

broken

d)

breaking

8.

..................the door, she rushed to the car.

a)

Close

b)

Closing

c)

To close

d)

Closed

9.

...............to the city before, Jane feels confident and comfortable.

a)

Being

b)

To be

c)

Been

d)

Having been

10.

Tick the correct sentence

a)

Not wishing to boast, she said nothing about her success.

b)

Wishing not to boast, she said nothing about her success.

c)

Wishing to not boast, she said nothing about her success.

d)

Not wish to boast, she said nothing about her success.