Рабочий лист по теме "Participle I vs Participle II"

Present Participle vs  Past Participle

Exercise A. Underline the participles in the following sentences. Write if they Present or Past.

1.      Singing birds are shown in the Annual Bird Show in our town. ______

2.      The galloping horse scared the child. ______

3.      The lorry was carrying stolen goods. ______

4.      Rolling stones gather no moss. ______

5.      Be careful with all that broken glass! ______

6.      Barking dogs are not always dangerous. ______

7.      I don’t want that burnt toast. ______

8.      It was the unknown factors that made the problem difficult. ______

9.      A swinging gate kept me awake all night. ______

10.  The climber was found lost and half-frozen two days later. _______

11.  This job is tiring. It isn’t well paid for such effort.  ______

12.  At the end of the day I feel so tired that I have to go to bed early. ______

13.  Those children are so annoying! Always asking stupid questions. ______

14.  Don’t be frightened. My dog doesn’t bite. ______

15.  everybody was excited preparing the things for the trip.  ______

16.  He was so shocked after the accident he couldn’t speak.  ______

17.  He was so rude and disgusting that nobody wanted to go out with him. ______

18.  I didn’t like the film. It was boring. I almost fell asleep.  ______

19.  If the children are bored. Why don’t you take them to the park?  ______

20.  Isn’t it embarrassing the way he behaves?  ______

Exercise B.  Write either the present or the past participle of the verbs in brackets:

1.        Jane says that her job is ..............., but she is always ............. with everything she does. (BORE)

2.        Did you meet anyone ........ at the party? You know I’m not ........... in making new friends. (INTEREST)

3.        Isn’t it ............ how she speaks English! She’s only been learning it for two months. Well, I’m not ...........

at all. She’s very clever.  (SURPRISE)

4.        It’s been raining all day. I hate this weather. It’s really ........ Yes, such weather makes everybody ............

(DEPRESS)

5.        Ann is going to America next month. She’s never been there. She’s really ....... about going. It’ll be an

............experience for her. (EXCITE)

6.        Diana teaches young children. It’s a hard job. She often finds her job ......... At the end of the day’s work she’s often  ............. (EXHAUST)

7.        We were all ............ when we heard about the disaster. It must have been a  ............... experience for the victims.  (HORRIFY)

8.        It’s sometimes .......... when you have to ask people for money. Is it? Well, I never feel .......... about that.

(EMBARRASS) 

9.        After seeing the scenes everyone was .............Yes, it was a very ................. sight. (SHOCK)

10.    I had never expected to be offered the job. I was really ........... when they told me. It isn’t so ............... You really deserved to be chosen. You’ve got a lot of qualifications. (AMAZE)

11.    I don’t know what they were cooking, but the smell was .........You would be more .......... if you had to eat it.   (DISGUST)

12.    I didn’t understand what the message meant. I was so .......... Yes, the words were strange and ...........

(CONFUSE)

13.    Aren’t those tigers .......? No, I don’t think so. Actually I’m not ........ of any animals at all. (FRIGHTEN)

14.    You look ............  Yes, something very .............. has just happened to me.  (AMUSE)

15.    The firm is in a very .............. situation. Yes, all the members of the management are rather .................

(WORRY)