Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Exercise on PRESENT PARTICPLE PHRASES

PRACTICE: PARTICIPIAL PHRASES

A. Complete these sentences by supplying a PARTICIPLE PHRASE (as Adjective):

  1. At the zoo I watched a monkey ............ .......... ........... ......
  2. Jack wants to paint an athlete ........... ....... .......... ............ ....
  3. Anyone......... ......... ...... ........ ....... ... should talk to the Registrar.
  4. The police want to interview anyone ...... ............. .......... ........
  5. Do you know the girl ........... .......... ........ ........ .... ...... ......... ?
  6. The men ...... ........ ......... ....... ......... ........ ........... are pickets.
  7. The match ...... .......... .............. ..... ......... ....... .............. is a semi-final.
  8. We caught the criminal ........ ......... ........ . ...... ....... ....... ..
  9. I saw some boys ....... ......... ....... ....... ........... .......... .......... ....
  10. I watched a bonfire ....... ........ ........ ....... ..... .... ...... ..............


B. Join these sentences first with TIME CLAUSES beginning with "after" and "when"; then with PARTICIPLE PHRASES beginning with "after", "after having", and "having":

1. The police pursued the escapee through the streets of Goulburn. They recaptured him.

a.

b.

c.

d.
2 Charles Kingsford Smith flew across the Pacific. He became a national hero.

a.

b.

c.

d.
3 Caroline Chisholm brought about improvements in migrants' conditions. She then turned her attention to the goldflelds.

a.

b.

c.

d.
4 Peter made some excellent pikelets. Then he gave them all away to his mates

a.

b.

c.

d.


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