Причастие (the participle)

1 Though … on Sunday, he arrived on Monday.

a) expecting; b) having expected; c) expected

2 There are many … rocks in the stream.

a) hiding; b) hidden; c) being hidden

3 This firm is interested in the purchase of automobiles … by our plant.

a) produced; b) producing; c) having produced

4 The terms … upon were … in the contract.

a) having agreed, included; b) agreed, included; c) agreed, including

5 The doll lay … on the porch.

a) deserting ; b) having deserted; c) deserted

6 I had heard these topics … between the scientists for years.

a) arguing; b) argued; c) having argued

7 Dogs have often been … … on the road.

a) seeing, killed; b) seen, killing; c) seen, killed

8 Rex assured her that the blind man was quite peaceful if … … .

a) left, undisturbed; b) left, undisturbing; c) leaving, undisturbed

9 Friendship … , we walked along together.

a) restoring; b) restored; c) having restored

10 By the look of it the watch must have lain … in the sand for quite a few days.

a) having buried; b) burying; c) buried

11 … our afternoon … , Margaret and I were cross.

a) seeing, broken; b) seen, breaking; c) being seen, being broken

12 But what if he had his money … ?

a) stolen; b) stealing; c) having stolen

13 With an effort I took up the diary again and turned the closely … pages.

a) being written; b) writing; c) written

14 The plant has … because it was … … to the sun.

a) withered, left, exposed; b) withered, left, exposing; c) being withered, having been left, having exposed

15 She sat down on a … tree to do the Times cross-word puzzle.

a) falling; b) being fallen; c) fallen

16 As I was busy … the article, I got the new fellow … instead of me.

a) finished, sent; b) finished, sending; c) finishing, sent

17 The probability is that there won’t be anything … to wait for.

a) left; b) leaving; c) having left

18 He sat straight in his bed with his feet … under him.

a) tucking; b) having tucked; c) tucked

19 It was only a couple of pages, … in triple spacing on one of the large-letter machines, as though specially … for long-sighted elderly men.

a) typed, designed; b) typing, designing; c) having typed, having designed

20 He felt a curious relief at the delay and at the fact that whether … or not the letter was … .

a) sending, written; b) sent, writing; c) sent, written

21 He knew they were both men … to discretion.

a) trained; b) training; c) having trained

22 Bernard found himself … to read and give his opinion on one or two books.

a) compelling; b) having compelled; c) compelled

23 … at his desk, Mel put his head in his hands.

a) Seating; b) Seated; c) Having seated

24 The dog was … … to a tree.

a) found, tied; b) finding, tied; c) found, tying

25 The pebbles gave a general impression of … either white or mauve, but … closely they exhibited almost every intermediate colour and also varied considerably in size and shape.

a) been, looked at; b) being, looking at; c) being, looked at

26 When … , he denied it.

a) challenged; b) challenging; c) having challenged

27 But this friend of yours looks odd to me and he gets himself … about.

a) having been talked; b) talked; c) talking

28 This … , Margot travelled back to fetch the boy.

a) doing; b) having done; c) done

29 He made undergraduates, newly … in London, feel that they were important.

a) arriving; b) being arrived; c) arrived

30 It was clear to him that she would go back on the whole thing if … half a chance.

a) given; b) giving; c) having given

31 All things … , there was nothing to be done now.

a) considering b) considered; c) having considered

32 If … prematurely, your move might provoke opposition.

a) doing; b) having done; c) done

33 I had never heard a bribe … at anywhere near these people, much less … .

a) hinting, offered; b) hinted, offered; c) hinted, offering

34 The two guards listened, their faces … to the rifle-slit.

a) turned; b) turning; c) having been turned

35 I must have the mixer … .

a) fixing; b) fixed

36 I don’t find this story … .

a) amusing; b) amused

37 My room is a mess: I really must get it … .

a) tidying; b) tidied

38 I would stay at home after such a … day.

a) tiring; b) tired

39 Uncle Frank has a gentle old horse … Pete.

a) naming; b) named

40 Can you smell something … .

a) burning; b) burned

41 He opened the letter with … fingers.

a) shaking; b) shaken

42 She had rather a .... look on her face.

a) pleasing; b) pleased

43 Deeply … I left them.

a) shocking; b) shocked

44 When … your questions yesterday I forgot this fact.

a) answering; b) answered

45 He walked along the road with his collar … up.

a) turning; b) turned

46 I didn’t enjoy the party because I was … there.

a) boring; b) bored

47 Why not throw away the … umbrella we are not likely to repair it.

a) breaking; b) broken

48 She didn’t pay any attention to the … telephone.

a) ringing; b) rung

49 Don’t you think your hair needs … ?

a) cutting; b) cut

50 … by the editorial board, the story was returned to the author for revision.

a) Rejecting; b) Being rejected

51 … by publishers several times, the story was accepted by a weekly magazine.

a) Being rejected; b) Having been rejected

52 … for some time in the reception room, he was asked into the office.

a) Waiting; b) Having waited

53 … in the reception room, he thought over what he would say when he was asked into the office.

a) Waiting; b) Being waited

54 They reached the peak at dusk, … their camp with the first light.

a) leaving; b) being left

55 They put up for the night at a temporary camp, … it at dawn.

a) leaving; b) being left

56 The friends went out into the city … their cases at the left luggage department.

a) leaving; b) being left

57 … in an archaic language, the book was difficult to read.

a) Writing; b) Being written

58 … his first book, he could not go far beyond his own experience.

a) Writing; b) Being written

59 … away so long he was happy to be coming back.

a) Being; b) Being been

60 … so far away he still felt himself part of his community.

a) Being; b) Being been

61 The children looked wonderingly at the elephant, never … such a huge animal.

a) seeing; b) being seen

62 Not … to go deeper into the matter, he abruptly changed the conversation.

a) wanting; b) being wanted

63 The … dishes lay on the floor.

a) breaking; b) broken

64 The … children were given a blanket for warmth.

a) trembling; b) trembled

65 Compassionate friends tries to console the … victims of the accident.

a) crying; b) cried

66 When James noticed the … building, he notified the fire department immediately.

a) burning; b) burnt

67 The … passengers jumped into the lifeboats when notified that the ship was sinking.

a) exciting; b) excited

68 The … Mona Lisa is on display in the Louvre in Paris.

a) smiling; b) smiled

69 The wind made such … noises that the children ran to their parents’ room.

a) frightening; b) frightened

70 The … hostages only wanted to be left alone.

a) frightening; b) frightened

71 The …lecture got the students to sleep.

a) boring; b) bored

72 The … students went to sleep during the … lecture.

a) boring; b) bored

73 The police towed away the … cars because they were blocking the entrance.

a) parking; b) parked

74 … food is often easier to prepare than fresh food.

a) Freezing; b) Frozen

75 The … shoes here placed in the sun to dry.

a) cleaning; b) cleaned

76 We found it difficult to get though the … door without a key.

a) closing; b) closed

77 As we entered the … room, I noticed my cousins.

a) crowding; b) crowded

78 The monument ... on this square has been recently unveiled.

a) being erected; b) erected; c) having been erected; d) erecting

79 The monument ... on this square will be soon unveiled.

a) being erected; b) erected; c) having been erected; d) erecting

80 We could hear the noise of furniture ... upstairs.

a) being moved; b) moved; c) having been moved; d) moving

81 For a moment they sat silent ... by the story.

a) being moved; b) moved; c) having been moved; d) moving

82 I cannot forget the story ... by him.

a) being told; b) told; c) having been told; d) telling

83 They listened breathlessly to the story ... by the old man.

a) being told; b) told; c) having been told; d) telling

84 One can’t fail to notice the progress ... by our group during the last term.

a) being made; b) made; c) having been made; d) making

85 These are only a few of the attempts now ... to improve the methods of teaching adult students.

a) being told; b) told; c) having been told; d) telling

86 We live at a time of outer space ... by man.

a) being conquered; b) conquered; c) having been conquered; d) conquering

87 «I wish I could live to see outer space ... by man,» said the old professor.

a) being conquered; b) conquered; c) having been conquered; d) conquering

88 Bessy was the only person yet … .

a) risen; b) rising; c) being risen; d) having risen

89 He had received an urgent message … him to telephone Sir Matthew.

a) asked; b) asking; c) being asked; d) having asked

90 He sighed and kicked a piece of stone … from the banquette.

a) broken; b) breaking; c) being broken; d) having broken

91 Recently turned thirty but … more like twenty, she was a moderately tall woman with wind-blown dark hair and an eager captivating smile.

a) looked; b) looking; c) being looked; d) having looked

92 When Joe and I got home, we found the table … .

a) laid; b) laying; c) being laid; d) having laid

93 The words came … into his mind.

a) rushed; b) rushing; c) being rushed; d) having rushed

94 For a second the car went … .

a) slid; b) sliding; c) being slid; d) having slid

95 Mildly … , you are exaggerating.

a) spoken; b) speaking; c) being spoken; d) having spoken

96 … by the colour of the setting sun it should be windy tomorrow.

a) judged; b) judging; c) being judged; d) having judged

97 …down the steps, all this passed through his mind.

a) come; b) coming c) being come; d) having come

98 … down in her bedroom by the open window, it seemed to her that the room was full of people.

a) Sat; b) Sitting; c) Being sat; d) Having sat

99 … up in the bed, her black eyes glittered in the dim light.

a) propped; b) propping; c) being propped; d) having propped

100 … his credit, his wheel and suit went back to the pawnbroker.

a) exhausted; b) exhausting; c) being exhausted; d) having exhausted

101 Which of the four men … by the fireplace is Ben?

a) smoking; b) smoked; c) being smoked; d) having smoked

102 The new Moscow University is a symbol of the new civilization … by the people of the former Soviet Union.

a) creating; b) created; c) being created; d) having created

103 … what he wanted, he took his hat and went away.

a) getting; b) got; c) being got; d) having got

104 … by the customs, the goods were let through.

a) examined; b) being examined; c) having examined; d) having been examined

105 She smiled …the joke.

a) remembering; b) remembered; c) being remembered; d) having been remembered

106 … very unambitious, he is satisfied with what he has.

a) Being; b) Being been; c) Having ; d) Having been

107 A party of specialists was sent to inspect the installations then … at the new metallurgical plant.

a) having made; b) having been made; c) being made; d) making

108 They passed groups of farm-workers … vines and picking ripe apricots.

a) trimming; b) being trimmed; c) having trimmed; d) having been trimmed

109 … so little of the country, I’m afraid I cannot give exhaustive answers to all your questions.

a) Having seen; b) Having been seen; c) Being seen; d) Seeing

110 The yacht lay well out in the middle of the river, … down by the current.

a) having carried; b) having been carried; c) being carried; d) carrying

111 … the door gently, she stole upstairs.

a) Closing; b) Being closed; c) Having closed; d) Having been closed

112 Special mention must be made of the extensive research now … in chemistry.

a) having conducted; b) having been conducted; c) being conducted ; d) conducting

113 From time to time you will get letters … you of my movements.

a) notifying; b) being notified; c) having notified; d) having been notified

114 I hope you will write soon, … your intention.

a) explaining; b) being explained; c) having explained; d) having been explained

115 A gloomy darkness covered the little hill … the two valleys.

a) overlooking; b) being overlooked; c) having overlooked; d) having been overlooked

116 And … so, he left the room.

a) having said; b) having been said; c) being said; d) saying

117 There is a covered passage … the kitchen with the garage.

a) connecting; b) being connected; c) having connected; d) having been connected

118 And … this, he threw himself back in his armchair and looked around triumphantly.

a) having said; b) having been said; c) being said; d) saying

119 When you enter the hall you will see a staircase … to the basement.

a) leading; b) being leaded; c) having leaded; d) having been leaded

120 They were told that unlike twenty years ago the machine tools … at the factory were exclusively home-made.

a) having used; b) having been used; c) being used; d) using

121 … what he thought of the innovation, the engineer said he approved of it.

a) Having asked; b) Having been asked; c) Being asked; d) Asking

122 That method of support was quite different from those … at the time in other mines.

a) having employed; b) having been employed; c) being employed; d) employing

123 … two days before the opening of the conference, they had enough time to do the city.

a) Having arrived; b) Having been arrived; c) Being arrived; d) Arriving

124 … him from school, I have never heard anyone speak of him without respect.

a) Having known; b) Having been known; c) Being known; d) Knowing

125 A new road will soon be built … the plant with the railway station.

a) joining; b) being joined; c) having joined; d) having been joined

126 What we really want is a good critical article … our drawbacks.

a) revealing; b) being revealed; c) having revealed; d) having been revealed

127 … at the airport, he went to have his luggage weighed and registered.

a) Having arrived; b) Having been arrived; c) Being arrived; d) Arriving

128 … no reply by the end of the month we shall consider the order cancelled.

a) Receiving; b) Being received; c) Having received; d) Having been received

129 We shall not discuss our future plans before I come back … the business.

a) having settled; b) having been settled; c) being settled; d) settling

130 Every now and then the man raises his head from the book, … at the clock on the opposite wall.

a) looking; b) being looked; c) having looked; d) having been looked

131 He speaks like a man … his opinion of everything.

a) having; b) being had; c) having had; d) having been had

132 The horse … the race was the winner of a similar event two months ago.

a) leading; b) being led; c) having led; d) having been led