Fill in the blanks with a present participle or a past participle.

1. ……………………… the noise, the boy woke up.

a) Hearing
b) Heard

2. We met a girl …………………………. a basket of flowers.

a) carried
b) carrying

3. Loudly ……………………….. at the door, he demanded admission.

a) knocking
b) knocked

4. The child, …………………. that he was safe, tried to cross the road.

a) thinking
b) thought

5. ………………….. by a dust storm, they lost their way.

a) blinding
b) blinded

6. …………………… by his friends, he lost all hope.

a) Deceiving
b) Deceived

7. ………………….. by hunger, he stole a piece of bread.

a) Driving
b) Driven

8. We drank the ……………………. water.

a) sparkling
b) sparkled

9. Your …………………. coat needs mending.

a) tattering
b) tattered

10. Education is the most ……………………. need of our country.

a) pressing
b) pressed

Answers

1. Hearing the noise, the boy woke up.

2. We met a girl carrying a basket of flowers.

3. Loudly knocking at the door, he demanded admission.

4. The child, thinking that he was safe, tried to cross the road.

5. Blinded by a dust storm, they lost their way.

6. Deceived by his friends, he lost all hope.

7. Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bread.

8. We drank the sparkling water.

9. Your tattered coat needs mending.

10. Education is the most pressing need of our country.