Participles exercise Complete the following sentences using the present participle or past participle form of the verb A ……………… child dreads fire a) Burnt b) Burning He was wearing a ……………… shirt a) Tearing b) Torn ………………… the wicked man, the boy ran into the house a) Seen b) Seeing ……………… occupied with work, he couldn’t meet us a) Been b) Being ……………… by her behavior, he walked out a) Irritated b) Irritating It was ……………… in the storm a) Breaking b) Broken He lived alone, ……………… by everybody a) Forgetting b) Forgotten I love the noise of ………………… rain a) Falling b) Fallen The house looked …………………… a) Abandoned b) Abandoning 10 I was very ………………… in the program a) Interesting b) Interested 11 She is a very ………………… writer a) Interesting b) Interested 12 He is a well-………………… person a) Read b) Reading Answers A burnt child dreads fire He was wearing a torn shirt Seeing a wicked man, the boy ran into the house Being pre-occupied with work, he couldn’t meet us Irritated by her behavior, he walked out It was broken in the storm He lived alone forgotten by everybody I love the noise of falling rain The house looked abandoned 10 I was very interested in the program 11 She is a very interesting writer 12 He is a well-read person Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)