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Present, Past & Perfect Participles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It was a _________ news for the boy.

a)

shock

b)

having been shocking

c)

shocking

d)

shocked

2.

The children were _______________ after three hours of swimming.

a)

tire

b)

tiring

c)

tired

d)

having been tired

3.

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

a)

see

b)

saw

c)

seeing

d)

having been seen

4.

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

a)

see

b)

seeing

c)

saw

d)

having been seen

5.

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

a)

being engaged

b)

being engaged

c)

has engaged

d)

having been engaged

6.

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

a)

lose

b)

losing

c)

lost

d)

having lost

7.

_______ sick, Sam left school early

a)

feel

b)

feels

c)

felt

d)

feeling

8.

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

a)

please

b)

pleasing

c)

pleased

d)

having been pleasing

9.

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

a)

embarrass

b)

embarrassing

c)

embarrassed

d)

having been embarrassed

10.

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

a)

eat

b)

ate

c)

eating

d)

having been eaten

11.

______ down the street, I felt happy.

a)

walk

b)

walking

c)

walked

d)

having walked

12.

_________ by the teacher, Tom was happy.

a)

praise

b)

praising

c)

praised

d)

having praising

13.

______________ by the poor child's story, the composer wrote a touching song.

a)

inspire

b)

inspiring

c)

inspired

d)

having inspiring

14.

__________________ by Mr Chow, Jack promised to pay attention in English lessons.

a)

encourage

b)

encourages

c)

encouraging

d)

encouraged

15.

_______________ by the reporter, the actor confessed that he broke into the actress's house.

a)

see

b)

saw

c)

seen

d)

seeing

16.

______________ by his family, Peter has the courage to deal with difficulties in his life.

a)

love

b)

loves

c)

loved

d)

loving

17.

________________ writing every day, Mary has made a lot of improvement in English.

a)

practise

b)

practised

c)

practising

d)

having practised

18.

________________ a mile a day, Tom prepared well for the coming Marathon.

a)

run

b)

running

c)

ran

d)

having been run

19.

__________________ care of his son by himself, Mr Chan has to sacrifice his free time.

a)

take

b)

taking

c)

took

d)

taken

20.

______________ optimistic, Ivy believes that she will succeed one day.

a)

be

b)

was

c)

been

d)

being