Complete the following sentences using an appropriate present or past participle form.
1. ………………. with milk and sugar, it makes a delicious breakfast.
The complete sentence is 'When it is served with milk and sugar....'
2. Most of the people ……………… to the party were neighbors.
The complete sentence is 'Most of the people who were invited to the party...'
3. Not ………………. what to do, I called the doctor.
4. The people ...................... have been informed.
5. The professor is …………………. by his students.
This is a passive construction and it is constructed with a past participle.
6. I was ………………….. by the way she spoke to me.
We make passive constructions with past participles.
7. I found her sitting at a table ……………… with papers.
The complete sentence is 'I found her sitting at a table that was covered with papers'.
8. I was very ..................... by her performance.
We make passive constructions with past participle forms.
9. Her performance was really ………………..
Ing forms are used to make present and past continuous tense forms.
10. The first runner came in closely ………………….. by the second.
Answers
1. Served with milk and sugar, it makes a delicious breakfast.
2. Most of the people invited to the party were neighbors.
3. Not knowing what to do, I called the doctor.
4. The people concerned have been informed.
5. The professor is admired by his students.
6. I was annoyed by the way she spoke to me.
7. I found her sitting at a table covered with papers.
8. I was very amused by her performance.
9. Her performance was really amusing.
10. The first runner came in closely followed by the second.
