Participles
1. The secretary worked late into the night, ______a long speech for the president.
A. to prepare B. preparing C. prepare D. was preparing
2. The police caught him _____a car.
A. to steal B. stealing C. stolen D. to be stolen
3. There are the facts _____by the school
A. to gather B. gathering C. gathered D. being gathered
4. They got their car____ at the garage.
A. to wash B. washing C. being washed D. washed
5. I had my suit ____ yesterday.
A. to press B. pressing C. press D. pressed
6. She kept her eyes_____ all the time.
A. to close B. closing C. close D. closed
7. Can Mary make herself_____ in English?
A. understood B. understand C. to understand D. understanding
8. The dog, _____, will make a good watch dog.
A. to train properly B. training properly
C. properly to train D. trained properly
9.I started the clock_____.
A. to go B. going C. gone D. to be gone
10.Before _____to the college, he had to go through an examination.
A. admitted B. to admit
C. being admitted D. having been admitted
11.The teacher came in with many students_____.
A. following B. to follow C. followed D. being followed
12.--- How was the concert last night ?
--- It was____.
A.disappointing B. disappointed
C. disappoint D. being disappointed
13. The room is crowded , but there are____.
A. a few seats to leave B. few seats left
C. a few seats left D. few seats to leave
14. The President was sitting on the chair____ by his supporters.
A. surrounding B. to surround C. surrounded D. to be surrounded
15.The concert conducted by Karajan proved very _____.
A. exciting B. excited C. to excite D. being excited
16. ____ all things into consideration , his life is a happy one.
A. Taking B. having taken C. Take D. To take
17. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, _____ completely to the outside world.
A. being lost B. having lost C. losing D. lost
18. The name Nebraska comes from the Indian word “nebrathka” , _____ flat water.”
A. to mean B. meaning C. it means D. by meaning
19 ____ his answer, she sent a second letter.
A. Receiving not B. Not to receive
C. Not being received D. Not having received
20. We will go for a walk in the Grand Park tomorrow, weather___.
A. permitting B. to permit C. permitted D. having permitted
21.____ that the train is gone, it is useless to wait.
A. Seen B. Seeing C. Having seen D. to have seen
22．My letter, ______to the wrong number, reached him late.
A. to have addressed B. being addressed
C having been addressed D. to have been addressed
23. He wanted a basket of flowers _____ to his wife.
A. sending B. sent C. to sent D. to have sent
24. When I returned home, I found the window open and something_______.
A. to steal B. stealing C. stolen D. stole
25. My father encouraged me in my painting, but never lived to see any of my works _______in public.
A. exhibiting B. exhibited C. having exhibited D. exhibited
26. --- what was your of last night’s lecture?
--- _______speaking, I thought it was rather boring.
A. Very B. Honest C. Really D. Honestly
27. Hidden _____by a big tree, his house was not t be seen.
A. as it was B. as it is C. as it did D. as he did
28. _____,Tom jumped into the river and saved the drowning girl.
A. Being a good swimmer B. Good swimmer as he was
C. He cold swim very well D. Being that he was a good swimmer
29. The water of a hot spring carries many minerals, usually ____ us an unusual taste and smell.
A. give B. gives C. to be given D. giving
30. Eva, _____ born in Canada, lived and practiced law in America.
A. was B. he was C. although D. who he was
31._____ a reply, he decided to write again.
A. Not receiving B. Receiving not
C. Not having received D. Having received
Not having received= As he had not received
32. _____, I went to the railway station to see my friend off.
A. After eating quickly my dinner
B. After my quickly eating my dinner
C. After eating my dinner quickly
D. After eating my quickly dinner
33. The murderer was brought in , with his hands_____ behind off.
A. being tired B. having tired C. to be tired D. tired
34. The lesson _____over, they went out of the room.
A. be B. been C. was D. being
35. Time_____, I’ll go on a picnic with you this Sunday .
A. permit B. to permit C. permitted D. permitting
36. They had finished their work , so they went home .=______, they went home.
A. Work done B. They finished their work
C. work to be done D. Work having done
37. _____entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A. At B. While D. On D. In
38. If _____green, the doctor might look more beautiful.
A. paint B. painted C. painting D. to paint
39. Though I live in the city, I have few visitors.
= ______in the city, I have few visitors
A. I live B. Having lived C. Living D. Being lived
40. When only a small boy, _______.
A. my father took me with him to France
B. I went with my father to France
C. my father went with me to father
D. my father took me to France
41. While I was walking to school yesterday morning , I met a friend of mine._____to school yesterday morning, I met a friend of mine.
A. I was walking B. walked C. While I walking D. walking
42. When _____that it was getting late, I put out the light and went to bed.
A. find B. finding C. found D. found
43.--- Why did you go back upstairs?
--- I thought I had left the window______.
A. open B. opened C. being opened D. to be opened
44. I couldn’t understand the language_____ in that country.
A. to cover B. speaking C. to be spoken D. spoken
45. among these ships are none _____to us.
A. belonged B. to be belonged C. belonged D. belongs
46. Having a written examination,_______.
A. it is necessary that I have to study hard B. I must be hard to study
C. it is necessary for me to study hard D. I am forced to study hard
47. Asked if he could come to the party that night, ______.
A. nobody said anything B. they did not get an answer from him
C. nothing was said by him
D. John nodded his head and left the room
48. _____from a spaceship , the earth blue, green and while ball.
A. Seeing B. Seen C. To see D. saw
49.______ from this fact , he must be an honest man.
A. Judging B. Judged C. Judges D. Judge
50. _____ with his brother, he is not so clever.
A. Compared B. To compares Comparing D. Compared
51.Anyone ______to answer country needs special papers.
A. traveled B. travels C. to travel D. traveling
52. _______Lessons easily are soon forgotten.
A. to learn B. learn C. learned D. learning
53. The girl ______in red is my second daughter.
A. dressing B. dressed herself C. dressed D. is dressed
54. The old hostess stood _______ for a moment when she saw a beggar appear before her suddenly.
A. surprising B. to surprise C. surprised D. having surprised
55. ______ deep down in the earth, the dead forests rotted away and became coal.
A. Buried B. burying C. To D. Being buried