Participle Clauses: Multiple Choice

Read the whole sentence, then choose the participle form that completes it. Your first choice counts.

1. _____ the ladder steady with one hand, Dad passed me the paint tin with the other.

2. _____ the tide times the night before, Kim set off round the headland at dawn.

3. _____ next to a busy airport for most of his life, Grandpa finds his new village almost too quiet to sleep in.

4. The new sofa arrived on Tuesday, _____ in so much plastic that it took an hour to unpack.

5. _____ three times to fix the leak, Omar finally called a plumber.

6. _____ all night on a delayed train, the band slept through most of the next morning.

7. Leo came slowly into the classroom on his first day back, _____ on a pair of crutches.

8. _____ fluent Arabic and Turkish, Nadia is asked to help tourists at the hotel's front desk several times a week.

9. _____ in the oven for too long, the pizza came out black at the edges.

10. _____ the harbour, the hotel has some of the best views in the city.

11. _____ the first two games, United only need a draw to reach the next round.

12. _____ only a thin T-shirt in the freezing wind, Josh was shivering at the bus stop.

13. _____ a free upgrade at the check-in desk, the Hendersons flew to Rome in business class.

14. _____ how busy you are this week, I'll keep this email short.

15. _____ by thunder, our dog always hides under the bed.

16. _____ to the radio in the car, Ben didn't notice how fast he was going.

17. Hana finally closed her laptop for the night, _____ to every single email in her inbox.

18. _____ the novel in two weeks, the author then spent a year editing it.

19. _____ to wait outside in the cold, the fans grew more and more angry.

20. Mrs Patel's wedding ring, _____ in the sand for over a year, is now back on her finger thanks to a man with a metal detector.