Fill in the blanks with suitable participle forms of the words given in the brackets.

There are two types of participles – present participle and past participle. The present participle always ends in -ing. Examples are: singing, crying, waiting, looking, eating etc.

The past participle is the third form of the verb. It usually ends in -ed or -en. Examples are: wasted, tried, broken, written, walked, looked etc.

Participles worksheet for class 7

1. The …………………… criminal was taken to prison. (convict)

2. …………………… by his partner, he lost all hope. (deceive)

3. The …………………… boy has been found. (miss)

4. The …………………….. bicycle was returned to the owner. (steal)

5. I could not sit through that …………………….. movie. (boring)

6. Buddha was an …………………….. soul. (enlighten)

7. A ………………….. child dreads fire. (burn)

8. They rescued the child from the …………………… cottage. (burn)

9. She is a ……………………. writer. (bore)

10. The mother hugged the ……………………. child. (weep)

11. The driveway was covered by …………………… leaves. (fall)

12. It is an ……………………. movie. (interest)

Answers

1. convicted, 2. Deceived, 3. missing, 4. stolen, 5. boring, 6. enlightened, 7. burnt/burned, 8. burning, 9. boring, 10. weeping, 11. fallen, 12. interesting