ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
Unit 97. –ing and –ed clauses ( the woman talking to Tom,
The boy injured in the blow)
| A | A clause is a part of a sentence. Some clauses begin with - ing or -ed . For example:  |
| B | | Nosotros use - ing clauses to say what somebody (or something) is (or was) doing at a particular time: | | | √ | Practice you know the woman talking to Tom ? (the woman is talking to Tom) | | | √ | Police investigating the crime are looking for 3 men. (police are investigating the crime) | | | √ | Who were those people waiting outside ? (they were waiting ) I was woken up by a bell ringing . (a bell was ringing ) | | | √ | | You can besides use an - ing clause to say what happens all the time, non but at a particular time. For case: | | | √ | The road connecting the 2 villages is very narrow. (the road connects the two villages) I accept a big room overlooking the garden . (the room overlooks the garden) Tin you recall of the name of a bloom beginning with T ? (the name begins with T) | | | √ | | | √ | |
| C | | -ed clauses have a passive significant: | | | √ | The boy injured in the accident was taken to infirmary. (he was injured in the accident) | | | √ | George showed me some pictures painted past his father . (they had been painted by his father) | | Injured and invited are past participles. Note that many past participles are irregular and do non end in - ed ( stolen/made/written etc.): | | | √ | The police never found the coin stolen in the robbery . Most of the goods fabricated in this factory are exported. | | | √ | | Yous can utilise left in this fashion, with the significant 'non used, all the same there': | | | √ | Nosotros've eaten virtually all the chocolates. There are only a few left . | |
| D | | We ofttimes utilize - ing and -ed clauses after at that place is /there was etc. : | | | √ | There were some children pond in the river. Is there anybody waiting ? There was a big red car parked exterior the house. | | | √ | | | √ | |
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EXERCISES
| 97.1 | Make i sentence from two. Complete the sentences with an - ing clause. | 1 | A bell was ringing. I was woken up by it. I was woken up by _____a bell ringing. _____________ | | 2 | A homo was sitting side by side to me on the plane. I didn't talk much to him. I didn't talk much to the _____________________________________. | | 3 | A taxi was taking the states to the airport. Information technology bankrupt downwards. The broke down _____________________________________ | | 4 | At that place's a path at the end of this street. The path leads to the river. At the cease of the street there'southward a _____________________________________ | | five | A manufacturing plant has but opened in the boondocks. Information technology employs 500 people. A _____________________________________ has only opened in the town. | | half dozen | The company sent me a brochure. It independent the information I needed. The visitor sent me _____________________________________ | |
| 97.2 | Make 1 sentence from two, beginning as shown. Each time make an - ed clause. | one | A boy was injured in the blow. He was taken to hospital. The boy _____ injured in the accident_______ was taken to infirmary. | | 2 | A gate was damaged in the tempest. Information technology has now been repaired. The gate ________________________ has at present been repaired. | | 3 | A number of suggestions were made at the meeting. Most of them were non very practical. Well-nigh of the ________________________ were non very practical. | | 4 | Some paintings were stolen from the museum. They haven't been found yet. The ________________________ haven't been establish nonetheless. | | 5 | A man was arrested by the police. What's his proper noun? What'due south the name of________________________ ? | |
| 97.iii | Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the right form: | blow | telephone call | invite | live | offering | | read | ring | sit | written report | work | | i | I was woken up past a bell _____ ringing.______ | | 2 | Some of the people _____ invited ____ to the party can't come. | | 3 | Life must exist very unpleasant for people ______________ virtually busy airports. A few days afterwards the interview, I received an e-mail ______________ me the task. Somebody______________ jack phoned while you were out. | | 4 | | 5 | | 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. | |
| 97.4 | Use the words in brackets to make sentences using There is /In that location was etc. | 1 | That house is empty. (nobody /alive /in it) _____ There'south nobody living in it. __________________ | | ii | The accident wasn't serious. (nobody /injure) _____There was nobody injured. __________ | | iii | I can hear footsteps. (somebody /come up) There __________________________________________________________ | | 4 | The train was full. (a lot of people /travel) __________________________________________________________ | | v | We were the only guests at the hotel. (nobody else /stay there) __________________________________________________________ | | 6 | The piece of paper was blank. (nothing /write /on it) __________________________________________________________ | | vii | The college offers English language courses in the evening. (a grade /begin /next Mon) __________________________________________________________ | |
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