Grammar Exercises

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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PART I 
 
THE PARTICIPLE 
 
The participle is a non-finite form of the verb which has a verbal and an adjectival 
or an adverbial character. There are two participles in English — Participle I and Parti-
ciple II, traditionally called the Present Participle and the Past Participle. 
Note: These traditional terms are open to objection on the ground that Participle I 
does not necessarily refer to the present just as well as Participle II does not always refer 
to the past. The difference between them is not a difference in tense, but chiefly a 
difference in voice. 
Forms of Participle I 
 
Active 
Passive 
Indefinite 
writing 
being written 
Perfect 
having written 
having been written 
Exercise 1. Insert the appropriate form of Participle I. 
1. The street was full of people, ___ and ___ home. (to laugh, to go) 2. ___them, he 
raised his coffee cup. (to watch) 3. ___ his hands and ___ a towel over his face, he 
followed her down the stairs of the hushed house. (to wash, to pass) 4. ___ dinner, 
Soames lighted the second of his two daily cigars, and took up the ear-pieces of the 
wireless. (to finish) 5. They were, indeed, old friends, ___ at school together. (to be) 6. 
―How do you like the film?‖ he asked, ___ towards me. (to turn) 7. Electronics has 
become a major industry, ___ more than a million people. (to employ) 8. There he met 
Walter Evans ___ in. (to come) 9. ___ at the window for a minute or two, he, all of a 
sudden, cast a glance on her and darted away from the room. (to stand)