The past participle

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Participle II

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Participle II

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Block IV. Reported Speech

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Participle I and Participle II
EXERCISE 1. Present participle or past participle? Fill in the right form.
FRIGHTEN : frightening / frightened
a) The kids ran away from the _____________________ ghost.
b) Mum tried to calm down the ___________________________ kids: “Don’t worry, it wasn’t real!”
CONFUSE: confusing / confused
Emma tried to read the ___________________________ instructions; she couldn’t understand anything.
b) After she had read the instructions, Emma was really ___________________________ and didn’t know what to do.
EXCITE: exciting / excited
This is really an ___________________________ book! You should read it.
b) Before her first date, Sally was very ___________________________.
FASCINATE (: fascinating / fascinated
a) Peter is a scientist. He studies insects. He thinks they are ___________________________.
b) Peter has always been ___________________________ by insects.
DEPRESS : depressing / depressed
Don’t watch that film. It is really ___________________________.
b) Ben has been sad and ___________________________ ever since his girlfriend left him.