Complete the following sentences using the present participle or past participle form of the verb.
1A ............... child dreads fire.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "burnt" and "burned" can be used as past participles before a noun here.
2He was wearing a ............... shirt.
Wrong!
The past participle "torn" describes the damaged shirt.
3............... the wicked man, the boy ran into the house.
Wrong!
The present participle "Seeing" shows what the boy did before he ran into the house.
4............... occupied with work, he couldn’t meet us.
Wrong!
The participle clause needs "Being" before the adjective "occupied".
5............... by her behavior, he walked out.
Wrong!
The past participle "Irritated" describes how he felt because of her behavior.
6It was ............... in the storm.
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The past participle "broken" describes what happened to it in the storm.
7He lived alone, ............... by everybody.
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The past participle "forgotten" describes how everybody treated him.
8I love the noise of ............... rain.
Wrong!
The present participle "falling" describes rain as it is coming down.
9The house looked ...............
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The past participle "abandoned" describes the state of the house.
10I was very ............... in the program.
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The past participle adjective "interested" describes how the speaker felt.
11She is a very ............... writer.
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The present participle adjective "interesting" describes the writer's quality.
12He is a well-............... person.
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The compound adjective uses the past participle "read" after "well-".
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- A burnt / burned child dreads fire.
- He was wearing a torn shirt.
- Seeing the wicked man, the boy ran into the house.
- Being 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
- I was very interested in the program.
- She is a very interesting writer.
- He is a well-read person.