Fill in the blanks with a present or past participle form of the verb.
1. The house was ……………………………… in the quake.
When past participles are used like adjectives/adverbs, they have a passive meaning. A damaged house is a house that had been damaged.
2. It was …………………………….. in the storm.
When past participles are used like adjectives/adverbs, they have a passive meaning.
3. The new office is going to be ……………………… in June.
4. You are ………………………..
Here also the meaning is passive because something is being done to the subject.
5. Who is that pretty girl …………………………… in the corner?
When present participles are used like adjectives or adverbs, they have an active meaning. Girl sitting is the girl who is sitting.
6. Most of the people ……………………….. to the wedding didn’t turn up.
When past participles are used like adjectives/adverbs, they have a passive meaning. People invited are the people who were invited.
7. Your explanation made me very ………………………….
The past participle is used to say how people feel.
8. The ……………………………. prisoner has been caught.
When past participles are used like adjectives/adverbs, they have a passive meaning. People invited are the people who were invited.
9. He lived alone, …………………………… by everybody.
When past participles are used like adjectives/adverbs, they have a passive meaning. He had been forgotten by everybody.
10. The above ………………………….. point deserves special attention.
The above mentioned point is a point that has been mentioned.
11. His idea seems ……………………………
The present participle is used to describe people or things that cause the feelings mentioned in the sentence.
12. The children were terribly ………………………… when they received the gifts.
The past participle is used to say how people feel.
Answers
1. The house was damaged in the quake.
2. It was broken in the storm.
3. The new office is going to be opened in June.
4. You are fired.
5. Who is that pretty girl sitting in the corner?
6. Most of the people invited to the wedding didn’t turn up.
7. Your explanation made me very confused.
8. The escaped prisoner has been caught.
9. He lived alone, forgotten by everybody.
10. The above mentioned point deserves special attention.
11. His idea seems exciting.
12. The children were terribly excited when they received the gifts.
