Complete the following sentences using an appropriate present or past participle form.
1............... with milk and sugar, it makes a delicious breakfast.
Wrong!
"Served" has a passive meaning: the breakfast is served with milk and sugar.
2Most of the people ............... to the party were neighbors.
Wrong!
"Invited" is a past participle meaning "who were invited."
3Not ............... what to do, I called the doctor.
Wrong!
"Knowing" is the correct present participle after "not" to mean "because I did not know."
4The people ............... have been informed.
Wrong!
"Concerned" means "affected" or "involved" when it follows the noun.
5The professor is ............... by his students.
Wrong!
"Admired" is the past participle used in the passive phrase "is admired."
6I was ............... by the way she spoke to me.
Wrong!
"Annoyed" describes how the speaker felt.
7I found her sitting at a table ............... with papers.
Wrong!
"Covered" has a passive meaning: the table was covered with papers.
8I was very ............... by her performance.
Wrong!
"Amused" describes how the speaker felt because of the performance.
9Her performance was really ...............
Wrong!
"Amusing" describes the performance because it caused amusement.
10The first runner came in closely ............... by the second.
Wrong!
"Followed" has a passive meaning: the first runner was followed by the second.
Answers
- Served with milk and sugar, it makes a delicious breakfast.
- Most of the people invited to the party were neighbors.
- Not knowing what to do, I called the doctor.
- The people concerned have been informed.
- The professor is admired by his students.
- I was annoyed by the way she spoke to me.
- I found her sitting at a table covered with papers.
- I was very amused by her performance.
- Her performance was really amusing
- The first runner came in closely followed by the second.