EXERCISE5. Use participles to join the following sentences.
1.He got off his horse. He began searching for something on the ground.
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2. I had seen photographs of the place. I had no desire to go there.
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3. The speaker refused to continue. He was infuriated by the interruptions.
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4. He escaped from prison. He looked for a place where he could get food.
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5. They found the money. They began quarrelling about how to divide it.
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6. She entered the room suddenly. She found them smoking.
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7. I turned on the light. I was astonished at what I saw.
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8. We visited the museum . We decided to have lunch in the park
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9. He offered to show us the way home. He thought we were lost.
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10. She asked me to help her. She realized that she couldn't move it alone
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EXERCISE 6. Fill in the blank in each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the verb in
parentheses (gerund, participle, perfect gerund or perfect participle)
1. Mai apologized for (use)………. my bicycle yesterday morning without (ask) for my permission.
2. (Watch) ………..this film several times before, I started (fall)…………asleep in the middle of it.
3. In all the conditions of a drunkard, Mr. Le began (drive) straight back home, (forget) (not, pay) any money to the
barman.
4. (Organize)…………… the 16
th
APEC summit conferences successfully, Viet Nam gained the reputation of (be)
………….the safest and friendliest venue for such significant international events.

⇒ Tom thanked me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.“ If you like, I’ll help you do the decorating, Bac”
⇒ Linh offered ....................................................................................………..
7. “I only borrowed your car for some hours,” the man said.
⇒ The man admitted ………………………………………............................
8. “I’m sorry, I was rude to you yesterday”, I said to him.
⇒ I apologized him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. “I will drive you to the airport”, John said to Linda
⇒ John insisted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. "You stole my watch."⇒Tim accused me…………………………………
11. John said, “You’d better not lend them any money, Daisy.”
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John advised Daisy
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12. “Would you like to have a drink with me?” he said
⇒ He invited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. “Let’s go this way” ⇒ He suggested. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. “Don’t forget to do your homework”, said our teacher to us
⇒ Our teacher reminded us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15. “I phone the police” ⇒ She threatened. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16. “I didn’t say that”⇒She denied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17. “Take part in my speaking English Club .”
⇒ He encouraged us……………………………………………………………
18. “I desperately want to become a doctor”
⇒ He dreamed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19. “I won’t allow you to get in touch with him”
⇒ Her father prevented her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20." If you changed your job, you would probably earn a lot of money elsewhere"
⇒ I told him that...................................................................................................
EXERCISE 8. Rewrite the following sentences, using the cues.