Bài tập mệnh đề -ing và mệnh đề -ed

Câu 1:

Make one sentence from two. Complete the sentence with an -ing clause.

1. A bell was ringing. I was woken up by it.

I was woken up by ..........

2. A man was sitting next to me on the plane. I didn't talk much to him.

I didn't talk much to the ....................... .

3. A taxi was taking us to the airport.It broke down.

The ............................................. .

4. There 's a path at the end of this streer. The path leads to the river.

At the end of the street there's a .............. .

5. A factory has just opened in the town. It employs 500 people.

A ............................................... .

6. The company sent me a brochure. It contained the information I needed.

The company sent me ............................. .

Đáp án

1. a bell ringing.

2. the man sitting next to me on the plane

3. the taxi taking us to the airport

4. a path leading to the river

5. A factory employing 500 people.

6. a brochure containing the information I needed.

Câu 2:

Make one sentence from two, beginning as shown. Each time make an -ed clause.

1. A boy was injured in the accident. He was taken to hospital.

The boy  was taken to hospital.........

2. A gate was damaged in the storm. It has now been repaired.

The gate ....... has now been repaired.

3. A number of suggestions were made at the meeting. Most of them were not very practical.

Most of the ....... were not very practical.

4. Some paintings were stolen from the museum. They haven' been found yet.

The ....... haven't been found yet.

5. A man was arrested by the police. What was his name?

What was the name of .......... ?

Đáp án

1. injured in the accident

2. damaged in the storm

3. Most of the suggestions made at the meeting

4. The paintings stolen from the museum.

5. the man arrested by the police.

Câu 3:

Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the correct form:

blow   call    invite   live   offer   read    ring   sit   study   work

1. I was woken up by a bell .....

2. Some of the people .... to the party can't come.

3. Life must be very unpleasant for people…near busy airports.

4. A few days after the interview, I received a letter .... me the job.

5. Somebody .... Jack phoned while you were out.

6. There was a tree .... down in the storm last night.

7. The waiting room was empty except for a young man .... by the window .... a magazine.

8. Ian has a brother .... in a bank in London and a sister .... economics at university in Manchester.

Đáp án

1. ringing

2. invited

3. living

4. offering

5. called

6. blown

7. sitting .... reading

8. working .... studying

Câu 4:

Use the words in brackets to make sentences using There is/There was ...

1. That house is empty. (nobody/live/in it)

........................

2. The accident wasn't serious. (nobody/injure)

...........................

3. I can hear foorsteps. (somebody/come)

...............................

4. The train was full (a lot of people/travel)

...............................

5. We were the only guests at the hotel. (nobody else/stay there)

...............................

6. The piece of paper was blank. (nothing/write/on it)

...............................

7. The college offers English courses in the evening. (a course/begin/next Monday)

...............................

Đáp án

1. There's nobody ling in it.

2. There was nobody injured.

3. There's somebody coming

4. There were a lot of people traveling.

5. There was nobody else staying there.

6. There was nothing written on it.

7. There's a course beginning next Monday.