III. Make up sentences from the table

1. People 2. The family 3. The girls 4. The player 5. The woman

1a lay 2a ran 3a sat 4a stood 5a went

1b injured 2b racing 3b screaming 4b staring 5b waving

1c at the gate. 2c down the slope. 3c from the building. 4c into space. 5c on the grass.

IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form

1. Foreign language skills are important for those … (want) to work abroad.

2. Large numbers of … (injure) people were treated in hospitals.

3. The … (alarm) force of the … (howl) winds forced many people to take shelter.

4. The economic development … (follow) the War laid the groundwork for the modern U.S. economy.

5. The most remarkable phenomenon … (describe) the UK economy is growth of the sphere of services.

6. The wholesalers reduce the amount of transportation … (require).

7. There is a system of priorities, with the more important customers … (receive) attention first.

8. There was chaos on the roads as many were blocked by … (fall) trees.

9. They develop the sector of foreign languages training, … (involve) foreign students.

10. They involved the introduction of a single European currency … (manage) by a European Central Bank.

V. Join the following sentences, using either a present, past or perfect participle

1. He escaped from prison. He looked for a place where he could get food.

2. He found no one at home. He left the house in a bad temper.

3. He had spent all his money. He decided to go home and ask his father for a job.

4. He realized that he had missed the last train. He began to walk.

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

6. I knew that he was poor. I offered to pay his fare.

7. I turned on the light. I was astonished at what I saw.

8. She hoped to find the will. She searched everywhere.

9. The criminal removed all traces of his crime. He left the building

10. We were soaked to the skin. We eventually reached the station.

VI. Match the sentence halves

1. Incoming mail	a) are more efficient than the wooden ones.
2. Bill Gates built an immense fortune	b) can continue in office till the age of 75.
3. Couched in the spacious	c) conducted by their trade unions.
4. He watched workers	d) creating EURATOM and EEC.
5. They signed the Treaties of Rome,	e) developing computer software.
6. Judges appointed before 1995	f) he projected a sanguine image of society.
7. Using the powers given to them	g) ministers become lawmakers.
8. The most important meetings are those	h) practising their craft of pin making.
9. The problem facing any business is	i) should be dealt with promptly.
10. Iron ships powered by steam	j) that the market is ever changing.