Participles Practice

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Participles Practice

Practice A: Look at the underlined word in each sentence. Is it being used as a participle adjective or a verb?

1. When I was a child, history bored me. [participle verb] WRONG [verb]

2. That’s an interesting idea. [adjective] RIGHT

3. This soup is disgusting. [adjective] RIGHT

4. The disgusted customer asked the server to take the terrible food away. [adjective] RIGHT

5. Please stop complimenting me. You’re embarrassing me. [verb] RIGHT

6. Blushing, the embarrassed man apologized. [adjective] RIGHT

7. After a long day of work, I’m exhausted. [adjective] RIGHT

8. I was frightened, so I ran. [adjective] RIGHT

9. The snack satisfied my hunger. [verb] RIGHT

10. I became a zoologist because animals have always fascinated me. [verb] RIGHT

Practice B: Select the correct word for each sentence.

1. We’re [boring/bored]. There’s nothing to do. [bored] RIGHT

2. Sometimes when I watch the news, I am [disgusting/disgusted] by the terrible things that people do. [disgusted] RIGHT

3. Can you tell me more? I am [interesting/interested] in your ideas. [interested] RIGHT

4. I couldn’t pay for my groceries because I had forgotten my wallet. How [embarrassing/embarrassed]. [embarrassing] RIGHT

5. I need a break. Carrying this furniture is [exhausting/exhausted]. [exhausting] RIGHT

6. Some people find spiders [frightening/frightened]. [frightened] WRONG [frightening]

7. This is [tiring/tired] work. [tiring] RIGHT

8. It was so [terrifying/terrified] that I couldn’t move. [terrifying] RIGHT

9. Oh! I didn’t see you there. You [startling/startled] me. [starling] WRONG [startled]

10. It was such a [fascinating/fascinated] movie that I watched it several times. [fascinating] RIGHT