Forms of participle I
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Active
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Passive
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Indefinite
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writing
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being written
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Perfect
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having written
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having been written
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Exercise 1. Insert the appropriate form of Participle I.
1. The street was full of people, ___ and ___ home. (to laugh, to go) 2. ___them, he raised his coffee cup.(to watch) 3. ___ his hands and ___ a towel over his face, he followed her down the stairs of the hushed house.(to wash, to pass) 4. ___ dinner, Soames lighted the second of his two daily cigars, and took up the ear-pieces of the wireless. (to finish) 5. They were, indeed, old friends, ___ at school together. (to be) 6. “How do you like the film?” he asked, ___ towards me. (to turn). 7. Electronics has become a major industry, ___ more than a million people. (to employ) 8. There he met Walter Evans ___ in. (to come) 9. ___ at the window for a minute or two, he, all of a sudden, cast a glance on her and darted away from the room. (to stand)
Exercise 2. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct forms of Participle I.
1. (to wait) for some time in the reception room, he was asked into the office. 2. (to wait) in the reception room he thought over what he would say when he was asked into the office. 3. The gypsy smiled (to show) his teeth. 4. (to reject) by the editorial board, the story was returned to the author for revision. 5. (to reject) by publishers several times, the story was accepted by a weekly magazine. 6. They reached the peak at dusk, (to leave) their camp with the first light. 7. (to write) and (to leave) a note with the porter, he said he would be back in a half-hour. 8. (to write) in an archaic language, the book was difficult to read. 9. Not (to want) to go deeper into the matter, he abruptly changed the conversation. 10. (to be) away so long he was happy to be coming back. 11. (to be) so far away he still felt himself part of his community. 12. The children looked wonderingly at the elephant, never (to see) such a huge animal.
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