UNIT 04 Participles and Participle Clauses STARTER TOEIC 3RD EDITION

STARTER TOEIC 3^RD EDITION

UNIT 04 Participles and Participle Clauses

Forms of Participles: -ing and -ed
A	If the participle of a noun is the agent (doing the action of the participle), choose an –ing form. ·         The game tired the players (the tiring game =agent)
B	If the pasrticiple is NOT the agent, choose an –ed form. ·         The game tired the players (the tired players = not agent)
C

Participle Clauses
A	An –ing form can be used when two things occur at the same time. ·         He suddenly went out shouting
B	An –ing form can be used when one action occurs during another action. ·         She hurt herself cooking dinner.
C	An –ing clause can be an explanation of the following main clause. ·         Feeling tired, he went to bed earlier

Choice Between –ing and –ed in Participle Clauses
A	Use an –ing form when the original verb is intransitive. ·         Walking along the street. Tom ran into one of his old friends.
B	Use an –ing form when the original verb is transitive and when its object comes after it. ·         Facing a police officer, he chose to run away.
C	Use an –ed form when the object of its original verb serves as the subject of the main clause. ·         Located on a hill, the hotel commands a fine view.

A. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1	There’s _________ news
	A	excite	B	excitement	C	exciting	D	excited
2	She was _________.
	A	surprise	B	to surprise	C	surprisingly	D	surprised
3	_________ tired, he decided to leave early.
	A	Feels	B	To feel	C	Feeling	D	Felt
4	_________ from a distance, the painting appeared quite realistic.
	A	Seen	B	Saw	C	Seeing	D	See it

B. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

Located in the heart of the city, the Plaza Ville Hotel is the most 1. (A) center (B) located (C) central (D) best luxury hotel in town. Each of the 200 rooms has a wonderful view of either the river or the mountains. As part of our weekend package we offer a free massage and use of the sauna to all guests. If you feel 2. (A) tiring (B) tired (C) tire (D) to tire after a busy week of work, why not check into the Plaza Ville for some rest and relaxation?.

C. Fill the blank with the appropriate word.

1	The _________ for imports this year has already been filled.
	A	quota	B	quote	C	quarter	D	court
2	For a _________ of reasons, he wouldn’t accept our offer.
	A	variation	B	variant	C	variety	D	varying
3	Wholesale and _________ sales registered negative growth last month.
	A	part	B	retail	C	division	D	gross
4	In the 1930s, there was a world-wide economic _________ and mass unemployment.
	A	policy	B	prosperity	C	activity	D	depression

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