Fill in the blanks [Participles]

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1.I was really ..................... by her story. a) inspiring/ b) inspired

2.Her story was so ..................... that they decided to publish it as a book. a) inspired/ b) inspiring

3.He was very ..................... with his results. a) pleased/ b) pleasing

4.We were ..................... to hear that there had been an accident. a) shocking/ b) shocked

5.His ..................... coat needs mending. a)tattered/ b)tattering

6.A ..................... stone gathers no moss. a) rolling/ b)rolled

7.A ..................... opportunity never returns. a) losing/ b)lost

8.I saw the storm ..................... a) approaching/ b)approached

9.Being ....................., he quit his job. a) dissatisfied/ b)dissatisfying

10...................... by his wife, he persevered. a) Encouraged/ b) Encouraging

11...................... by his family, he decided to become a monk. a) Rejected/ b) Rejecting

12.Who is that pretty girl ..................... in the corner? a) sitting/ b) sat

13.Most of the people ..................... to the party didn’t turn up. a) inviting/ b) invited

14.Not ..................... to do, I called the police. a) knowing/ b) known

15.He was sitting at a ..................... with papers. a) covered/ b) covering

16...................... much blood, he became unconscious. a) Losing/ b) Lost/ c) Having lost

17...................... my engineering exams, I took up cheating. a) Failing/ b) Failed/ c) Having failed

18.He was sitting in an armchair,  ..................... a magazine. a) reading/ b) read/ c) having read

19.The cup ..................... with milk stood on the table. a) filling/ b) filled/ c) having filled

20...................... the film a dozen times, she told me its story. a) watching/ b) watched/ c)having watched