Form 8 Unit 8
I Use the appropriate participle (I or II) of the verbs in brackets to make the sentences complete.
1. Books (reading/read) by great number of people are called bestsellers.
2. I’d like to meet a person (working/worked) in show business.
3. The rule (breaking/broken) by the pupils is well- known to them.
4. The bike (buying/bought) only a month ago is already good for nothing.
5 .I like to hear this song (singing /sung) by young children.
6. Ann wanted to spend all her (earning/earned) money on presents for the family.
7. What is the text (printing/printed) on the front page?
8. The two languages (speaking/spoken) in the country are English and French.
The sounds (coming/come) from the classroom next door were not easy to identify.
9. Who was the boy (telling/told) us about his trip to England?
10. Mr Brown, the man (playing/played) the guitar is our oldest musician.
II Choose and circle the appropriate participle (I or II) of the verbs in brackets to make the sentences complete.
1. a) We listened to the girls (singing, sung) Russian folk songs.
b) We listened to the Russian folk songs (singing, sung) by the girls.
2. a) The girl (washing, washed) the floor is my sister.
b) The floor (washing washed) by Helen looked very clean.
3. a) Who is that boy (doing, done) his homework?
b) The exercise (doing, done) by the pupils were easy.
4. a) The house (surrounding, surrounded) by tall trees is very beautiful.
b) The wall (surrounding, surrounded) the house was very high.
5. a) The girl (writing, written) is our best pupil.
b) Everything (writing, written) here is quite right.
6. a) Read the (translating, translated) sentences one more.
b) The pupils (translating, translated) a very difficult text are tired.
Form 8 Unit 8
I Use the appropriate participle (I or II) of the verbs in brackets to make the sentences complete.
1. Books (reading/read) by great number of people are called bestsellers.
2. I’d like to meet a person (working/worked) in show business.
3. The rule (breaking/broken) by the pupils is well- known to them.
4. The bike (buying/bought) only a month ago is already good for nothing.
5 .I like to hear this song (singing /sung) by young children.
6. Ann wanted to spend all her (earning/earned) money on presents for the family.
7. What is the text (printing/printed) on the front page?
8. The two languages (speaking/spoken) in the country are English and French.
The sounds (coming/come) from the classroom next door were not easy to identify.
9. Who was the boy (telling/told) us about his trip to England?
10. Mr Brown, the man (playing/played) the guitar is our oldest musician.
II Choose and circle the appropriate participle (I or II) of the verbs in brackets to make the sentences complete.
1. a) We listened to the girls (singing, sung) Russian folk songs.
b) We listened to the Russian folk songs (singing, sung) by the girls.
2. a) The girl (washing, washed) the floor is my sister.
b) The floor (washing washed) by Helen looked very clean.
3. a) Who is that boy (doing, done) his homework?
b) The exercise (doing, done) by the pupils were easy.
4. a) The house (surrounding, surrounded) by tall trees is very beautiful.
b) The wall (surrounding, surrounded) the house was very high.
5. a) The girl (writing, written) is our best pupil.
b) Everything (writing, written) here is quite right.
6. a) Read the (translating, translated) sentences one more.
b) The pupils (translating, translated) a very difficult text are tired.
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