Проверочная работа №2 (продолжение) по теме "Причастия" для учащихся 11-х классов.

Test on Participles for 11^th year students

1.Use the correct form adjectives or participles:

a(confuse) explanation; (frighten) children; the words (borrow) from Latin; money (save) for the holiday; a (sleep) dog; a very (embarrasse) moment; a disease (cause) by a virus; a (disguss) smell in the kitchen; a beautifully (decorate) room; an (amuse) story; a (delay) train; (excite) children.

2.Open the brackets using the correct form of the Participles.

1/ (get off) his horse he began searching for something on the ground.

2/ The (lose) painting turned up at the auction.

3/ I heard her (shout) at children.

4/ (think) that I am able to earn my own living, Father refused to support me any more.

5/ Don’t wake up the (sleep) baby.

6/ We are discussing the article (write) by John Wilson.

7/ The fence ( surround) the garden has just been painted.

8/ I couldn’t fall asleep because of the baby (cry) in the flat upstairs.

9/ (be) very busy at work John refused our invitation.

10/ (read) the morning newspaper, he wrote some important letters.

11/ I heard my next door neighbours (quarrel) in the middle of the night.

12/ John bought a (use) car two years ago.

13/ (not feel) well he decided against going to the skating-rink with us.

14/ There’s no use crying over the (spill) milk.

3. Rephrase the sentences using participle constructions.

1. I knew that there ants in the grass so I didn’t want to sit down.

2. He stole the silver. He looked for a place to hide it.

3. Some people were sleeping in the next room. They were waking by the sound of broken glass.

4. She has looked through some fashion magazines. She realised that her clothes are hopelessly out of date.

5. She fed the dog. Then she sat down to her own dinner.

6. Ann was in my room. She was reading my personal letter. I found her there.

7 They found some money. They began quarreling about how to divide it between the two of them.