English Grammar Exercises for B1- Participle clauses

1. Choose the correct answer.

1   My sister is a member of the choir performed / performing tonight.

2   The audience watching / watched the rock band were mainly young people.

3   The money collecting / collected by the buskers will be donated to charity.

4   The aria singing / sung by the opera singer was very moving.

5   We received a letter inviting / invited us to a performance by a string quartet.

6   The New World symphony, composed / composing by Dvorak, is one of his best.

7   The conductor led / leading the orchestra is from Moscow.

8   The instrument played / playing by the lead violinist was a Stradivarius.

2. Look at the picture and complete the sentences with the present participle or the past participle form of the verbs in brackets.

1   The scene …………………… (portray) in the picture is a busy city street.

2   None of the people …………………… (depict) in the scene is driving a car.

3   The clothes …………………… (wear) by the people are very old-fashioned.

4   The dog …………………… (stand) in the foreground looks as if he has just seen something interesting.

5   A woman …………………… (walk) with her daughter has also stopped to watch the action.

6   The three men …………………… (talk) in the background look like they are discussing the incident.

3. Rewrite the relative clauses as participle phrases.

1   The symphony, which was written in 1869, was played beautifully by the orchestra.

     The symphony, written in 1869, was played beautiful by the orchestra.

2   On stage there’s a folk band which is singing old songs.

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3   The musician, who was educated in Rome, will play three songs this evening.

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4   The cathedral which was used for the ceremony was built in the last century.

     ……………………………………..

5   The opera, which stars Elaine Stewart, was an absolute disaster.

     ……………………………………..

6   The DJ who is playing the music is very well-known.

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