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C1 Participles Clauses - Exercises
C1 Participles Clauses - Exercises
Express the meaning of the following sentences, using participle clauses instead of underlined
parts.
1. The students who finish first should get on with their homework.
3. Sarah received a large salary rise earlier this year so she is thinking of getting a new car.
4. Not all the people who were asked to come actually turned up.
5. The piece of wood which was keeping the window open has disappeared.
6. I'm going to start going swimming again, now I have more time.
7. As their children have all left home, they are thinking of moving somewhere smaller.
9. Armelle, who has been forced to marry a man she does not love, decides to throw herself
into her work.
10. The book was first published in 1903 and it has been reprinted many times.
11. When he hears the shot, Mark rushes into the house.
Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using a participle clause. Decide where to
put the clause.
1. She stayed at school for ten years. She hated every minute of it.
2. The London Book fair is a huge trade fair. It is held once a year in the city.
3. His new book will bo loved by children everywhere. It was voted 'Book of the Year'.
4. These books are all also worth reading. They were nominated for the same prize.
6. The school I attended was very well-respected. It got excellent exam results every year.
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
5. They had learnt to play the piano as children so they could read music.
7. Everyone fell asleep as they relaxed quietly at the end of the yoga class.
8. Ewa felt great after her swim so she decided to train every day.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the the verbs in brackets.
1. __________________________ (take it easy) for two weeks, they were ready to go back to
work.
4. __________________________ (wait) anxiously, I stood in the queue for the ski lift.
got home.
meditation group.