Тестовые задания по "Английскому языку"

Participle

Test 1. Choose the correct variant:

1. ______ the good news, my sister wanted to cry.

1. Being heard
2. Hearing

1. ______ sick, Sam left school early.

1. Feeling
2. Felt

1. A ______ opportunity never returns.

1. lost
2. loosing
   

1. ______ occupied with work, I couldn’t meet them.

1. Having
2. Being
   

1. She looked ______.  

1. worried
2. worrying
   

1. ______ a noise, I turned around.  

1. Heard
2. Hearing
   

1. A ______ stone gathers no moss. 

1. having rolled
2. rolling
   

1. The ______ baby annoyed everyone on the plane.  

1. crying
2. cried
   

1. In ______ German all substantives are written with a capital letter. 

1. having written
2. written
   

1. Let ______ dogs lie.  

1. slept
2. sleeping
   

1. When ______ home, I met my friend.

1. going
2. gone
   

1. Stones ______ into the water go to the bottom. 

1. thrown
2. throwing
   

1. When ______, you should answer.  

1. questioning
2. questioned

1. He fell asleep ______ by his journey.

1. exhausted
2. exhausting

1. We found the door ______.  

1. locked
2. locking

1. ______ out of college at the end of the first year, Judy found a secretarial job.

1. Being dropped
2. Dropping
3. Having dropped

1. I heard him ______ something from the opposite side of the street, but I pretended not to hear.

1. shouting
2. shouted
3. having shouted

1. ______ control of his car on an icy road, the driver hit a tree.

1. Losing
2. Being lost
3. Having lost

1. She bent down and looked at the tiny kitten ______ under the table.

1. sitting
2. having been sat
3. having sat

1. ______  by her appearance she looked like a person whose life was hard and full of sorrows.

1. Having judged
2. Judging
3. Judged

Test 2. Choose the correct variant:

1.  Jenny looked up and saw her husband ______ her reflection in the mirror.

1. watching
2. having watched
3. watched

1. Thank you for the information, - Mandy said ______ what to do next.

1. not knowing
2. not having known
3. not known

1. I heard them ______ in the next room.

1. having quarreled
2. quarreled
3. quarreling

1. Once ______, twice shy.

1. biting
2. bitten
3. having bitten

1. Alice didn’t like her Biology classes; she thought they were ______.

1. boring
2. bored
3. being boring

1. ______ the film at least a dozen times, he knew it almost by heart.

1. Having seen
2. Having been seen
3. Seeing

1. Jerry shivered. The wind ______ from the north was bitterly cold.

1. having come
2. coming
3. come

1. ______ that it was useless to argue with him, I dropped the subject.

1. Seeing
2. Having seen
3. Having been seen

1. I want my phone number ______ because people often get the wrong number.

1. changed
2. having changed
3. being changed

1. Anna’s spirit though ______ was not broken.

1. crushed
2. crushing
3. being crushed

1. She smiled ______ the joke.

1. to remember
2. remembering
3. remembered

1. ______ so little in the country, I am afraid I cannot answer all your questions.

1. Having seen
2. To see
3. Seeing

1. I felt very tired ______ the whole day in the sun.

1. being worked
2. work
3. having worked

1. He speaks like a man ______ his opinion of everything.

1. taking
2. takes

1. ______ that she could trust them she didn’t know what to do.

1. Didn’t know
2. Not having known
3. Knowing not
4. Not knowing

1. She left ______ us all she had found out.

1. having told
2. telling
3. told

1.  And ______ this he threw himself back in the armchair.

1. have said
2. was saying
3. said
4. saying

1. By this time ______ to the atmosphere of the big city, he no longer felt a stranger.

1. got used
2. getting used
3. having got used

1. I felt refreshed and rested ______ for eight hours.

1. slept
2. having slept
3. sleeping

1. The boy came out of the water ______ from top to toe.

1. was shaking
2. having shaken
3. shaking

Test 3. Choose the correct variant:

1. ______ that it was useless to argue with him, I dropped the subject.

1. Having been seen
2. Having seen
3. Seeing

1. A ______ kindness deserves no thanks.

1. forced
2. having forced
3. forcing

1. I want my phone number ______ because people often get the wrong number.

1. having changed
2. being changed
3. changed

1. ______ as a taxi-driver before, Leo knew every corner of the town.

1. Having worked
2. Worked
3. Working

1. I heard them ______ in the next room.

1. quarreled
2. having quarreled
3. quarreling

1. She bent down and looked at the tiny kitten  under the table.

1. having sat
2. having been sat
3. sitting

1. I like to study sea life. Marine biology is ______ .

1. fascinated
2. fascinating
3. being fascinated

1. ______ to see as much as possible of the town, we hired a car.

1. Having wished
2. Wishing
3. Wished

1. Suddenly Stella noticed the smoke ______ through the roof of one of the houses.

1. coming
2. having come
3. come

1. ______ the British museum before, I found the way there easily enough.

1. Having visited
2. Visited
3. Visiting

1. The falling leaves made me think of the ______ autumn.

1. approaching
2. having approached
3. approached

1. Desmond wondered who it could be. ______ to the door, he flung it open.

1. Having come up
2. Coming up
3. Come

1. ______ out of college at the end of the first year, Judy found a secretarial job.

1. Dropping
2. Having dropped
3. Being dropped

1. After her younger sister was born, Margaret felt ______ and betrayed.

1. being forgotten
2. forgetting
3. forgotten

1. I am ______  . Let's do something. How about going to a movie?

1. bored
2. being bored
3. boring
   

1. That night, ______ up to his room he thought of his unpleasant duty.

1. went
2. having go
3. going

1. She smiled ______ the joke.

1. remembered
2. to remember
3. remembering

1. ______ so little in the country, I am afraid I cannot answer all your questions.

1. Seeing
2. Having seen
3. To see

1. A new road ______ the plant with the railway station will soon be built.

1. connecting
2. having connected
3. connected

1. ______ two days before the conference he had a lot of time to see Edinburgh.

1. To arrive
2. Arriving
3. Having arrived

Test 4. Choose the correct variant:

1. I felt very tired ______ the whole day in the sun.

1. being worked
2. having worked
3. work

1. He speaks like a man ______ his opinion of everything.

1. taking
2. takes

1. ______ that she could trust them she didn’t know what to do. 

1. Not having known
2. Knowing not
3. Didn’t know
4. Not knowing

1. ______ a pair of gloves we moved to the shoe department.

1. Boughting
2. Having bought
3. Buying

1. She left ______ us all she had found out.

1. told
2. telling
3. having told

1. And ______ this he threw himself back in the armchair.

1. said
2. have said
3. was saying
4. saying 

1. ______ what he wanted he took his hat and left.

1. Having got
2. Getting

1. By this time ______ to the atmosphere of the big city, he no longer felt a stranger.

1. getting used
2. having got used
3. got used

1. I spent about ten minutes ______ over the sixteen pages of The Guardian before I found the main news and articles.

1. turn
2. having turned
3. turning

1. I felt refreshed and rested ______ for eight hours.

1. sleeping
2. having slept
3. slept

1. ______ so far away he still feels part of the community.

1. was
2. be
3. being

1. The boy came out of the water ______ from top to toe.

1. was shaking
2. having shaken
3. shaking

1. ______ all our preparations we hired a taxi and hurried off.

1. Having completed
2. Completing
3. Having complete
4. Completed

1. ______ her by the arm he helped her out of the taxi.

1. Supported
2. Supporting

1. ______ such difficulties she was at a loss.

1. Never experienced
2. Having experienced never
3. Never have experienced
4. Having never experienced

1. It's ______ how popular American music is around the world.

1. bored
2. boring

1. I thought the movie 'Independence Day' was really ______.

1. fascinate
2. fascinating
3. fascinates

1. That tall new building in Kuala Lampur really ______ me!

1. Interested
2. Interesting
3. Interest

1. Bryan Adams is a really ______ singer.

1. amusing
2. amused
3. amuse

1. The comedian we saw last night really ______ us.

1. terrifying
2. terrified
3. terrify

Test 5. Choose the correct variant:

1. I think flying in an airplane is a ______ experience.

1. terrifying
2. terrified
3. terrify

1. Have you heard about the ______ new roller coaster at the amusement park?

1. excited
2. excite
3. exciting

1. He ______ us with his knowledge of Medieval history.

1. surprised
2. surprising

1. That three hour lecture yesterday was really ______!

1. tired
2. tiring

1. Halloween is coming soon! What a ______ holiday!

1. frighten
2. frightened
3. frightening

1. I`m ______ in collecting stamps.

1. interesting
2. interested

1. Everyone is ______ by the awful weather.

1. depressed
2. depressing

1. I think that airports are ______ places.

1. exciting
2. excited

1. What program are you watching? Is it ______?

1. interesting 
2. interested 
3. disappointed 

1. "I`m going on a safari in Africa!" "Really? How ______!"

1. exciting
2. interesting
3. surprised 

1. What time did you get home last night? I didn`t know where you were. I was very ______ about you.

1. worried 
2. surprised 
3. boring

1. I felt I was an ______ visitor.

1. unexpecting
2. unexpected

1. The noise of the ______ glass made me wake up.

1. breaking
2. broken

1. He sat all night ______ letters to his friends.

1. writing
2. written

1. I talked to the student ______ at the window.

1. stand
2. to stand
3. standing
4. to standing

1. We looked at the ______ stars.

1. shoot
2. shooting
3. to shoot
4. to shooting

1. The teacher ______ an exhibit is my uncle.

1. to showing
2. show
3. to show
4. showing

1. While ______ a new coat I met my old friend.

1. buy
2. buying
3. to buy
4. to buying

1. The guide sat in the bus ______ our names.

1. write down
2. writing down
3. write downing
4. to write down

1. I heard them ______ in the next room.

1. having quarreled
2. quarreled
3. quarreling

Exercise 1. Write the following verbs in the form of participles:

Exercise 2. Divide the following sentences into groups:

1. The garden was full of children, laughing and shouting. (Сад был полон детей, смеющихся и кричащих.)
2. Could you pick up the broken glass? (Ты не мог бы поднять разбитый стакан?)
3. The woman sitting by the window stood up and left. (Женщина, сидевшая у окна, встала и ушла.)
4. I walked between the shelves loaded with books. (Я прошел между полками, нагруженными книгами.)
5. Be careful when crossing the road. (Будь осторожен, переходя дорогу.)
6. Having driven 200 kilometers he decided to have a rest. (Проехав 200 км, он решил отдохнуть.)
7. If invited, we will come. (Если нас пригласят, мы придем.)
8. I felt much better having said the truth. (Мне стало гораздо лучше, когда я сказал правду.)
9. He looked at me smiling. (Он взглянул на меня, улыбаясь.)
10. She had her hair cut. (Она подстригла свои волосы.)
11. Built by the best architect in town, the building was a masterpiece. (Построенное лучшим архитектором города, здание было шедевром.)
12. Not having seen each other for ages, they had much to talk about. (Не видя друг друга вечность, им было много о чем поговорить.)

Exercise 3. Combine the two sentences into one using participle I:

1. Tom was watching the film. He fell asleep.
2. The pupils opened their textbooks. They looked for the answer.
3. Julia was training to be a designer. She lived in Milan for 3 years.
4. They are vegetarians. They don’t eat meat.
5. Jane was tidying up her bedroom. She found some old letters.

Example:  He was jumping down the stairs. He broke his leg. – He broke his leg jumping down the stairs. (Он сломал ногу, прыгая вниз по лестнице.)