Complete the following sentences using present or past participle forms.

1. The program was really ……………………….

a) interesting b) interested

2. The film was …………………………

In each of the following pairs of sentence, one sentence is correct and the other is wrong. Find out the correct sentence.

1. a) The woman looked worrying. / b) The woman looked worried.

Study the following sentences.

The thief heard a noise. He ran away.
Hearing a noise, the thief ran away.

We can use –ing forms not only as verbs, but also like adjectives, adverbs or nouns.

Correct the following sentences.

1. Being the only applicant, I decided to appoint him.

2. Seizing him by the arm, he was taken to the police station.

Combine each pair of sentences into one simple sentence by using participles.

1. He hurt his leg. He stopped walking.

2. He was unwilling to make another attempt. He decided to quit.

Participles are incomplete verb forms. In order to function as real verbs, they should be used with auxiliary verbs.

There are two kinds of participles in English: the present participle and the past participle.