Exercises for (Present-past participle and clause)

(Present-past participle and clause)

Answer this question with the best answer!

1.      At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences ….. three or four words.
(A) are containing
(B) containing
(C) contain.
(D) contains planet.

(E) contained

2.      The people … for the bus in the rain are getting wet.
(A) who are waiting
(B) which is waiting
(C) that are waiting
(D) that waiting

(E) who wait

3.      Consuming a preserved food,  Rena becomes fat. The underlined word means…

(A) After Rena had consumed

(B) When Rena consumes

(C) While Rena is consuming

(D) Because Rena consumes

(E) Although Rena consumes

4.      This apartment ... by my grandfather long time ago is very beautiful.

(A) had been built      

(B)  is built

(C)  has been built   

(D)  will be built

(E)  built

5.      The policeman … by the car is now recovered

(A) stroked

(B)  is striking

(C)  strike

(D)  has strike

(E)  stricken

6.       ….his explanation, the teacher asked the students questions.

(A)  Finished.

(B)  He finished.

(C)  Finishing.

(D)  To be finished.

(E)  Having finished.

7.      Walking down the street, I found a coin. The underlined words means…

(A) If I was walking

(B) When I was walking

(C) When I am walking

(D) Although I was walking

(E) Because I was walking

8.      ….that the students were cheating, Mr. Is9ni was very angry

(A)  known

(B)  to know

(C)  knew

(D)  although he knew

(E)  knowing

9.      .....eating in the dining room, my mother served a salty coffee for my father.

(A). as though

(B). while

(C). until

(D) since.

(E) before

10.  Did you see my sister …   accompany me to the party?
(A). that
(B). who
(C). whom
(D). of which
(E). when

11.  In August 1775, explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala, ….noticed three small islands, one of which was rocky and steep.

(A). sailing into the bay of San Francisco

(B). sailed into the bay of San Francisco

(C).is sailing into the bay of San Francisco

(D).has sailing into the bay of San Francisco

(E).was sailed into the bay of San Francisco

12.  What was the concert? …  the concert was?

(A).Which knows what

(B). Who knows what

(C). Who knowing what

(D). Which know what

(E). Who is knowing

13.  Whose book is that? Do you know …?

(A). Whose book that is?

(B). Which book that is?

(C). Whose that book is?

(D). is that book whose?

(E). that book is?

14.  No one believes … she can’t swim.

(A). that

(B). who

(C). what

(D). which is

(E). which one

15.  I will attend the class … the meeting has finished.

(A). since

(B). because

(C). where

(D). after

(E). before

Answer this question with the right answer!

1.      My friend gave me this present. (This present …………………………………………...).

2.      Charles Dickens wrote “Oliver Twist”. (“Oliver Twist” …………………….............).

3.      The ugly sister gave Cinderella a hateful look. (Cinderella …………………………).

4.      Is he going to stay or leave now? I don't care. (I don't care …………………………).

5.      What will you do? It is not my concern. (What………………………………............). 

Descriptive text with present and past participle

       Komodo National Park

        Komodo national park had by Indonesia as a world heritage and beautiful nature reserve with wonderful biodiversity is now chosen as Seven Wonders of the World.

      It is located on the Sumbawa and Flores Island in eastern Indonesian islands. This area is designated as a national park komodo on March 6th, 1980 and as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1991. It has width of an area of 173,300 ha covering land, sea, with five major islands, the island of Komodo, Padar, Cinca Island, Rili Motang, Nusa Kode and surrounding islands into small pieces.

        This national park is used to protect a wide range of sea biota life. There are 254 species of plants from Asia and Australia, 85 species of animals and 128 species of flying birds, 2,793 creeping Komodo in Komodo National Park, and 1280 pieces are on the Komodo Island. It is not only the animals but the flora such as coral reefs, in the sea of Komodo National Park including the most beautiful coral reefs with various forms of hard and soft colors in the world. There are also 1,000 species of fish, 200 species of coral, 70 species of reef biota and many invertebrates.

Phrase and Clause

Phrase

A phrase is a unit of grammar, it may consist of one word or more than one word

There are 5 kinds of phrase in English.

1.      A noun phrase: generally has a noun (or pronoun) as its main word.

Examples:

-                 She is buying a funny cat in the animal shop.

-                 Dewa waits a girl in the park every morning.

-                 He uses a neat clothes in a party.

-                 He brings a book in the college.

2.      A verb phrase: generally has a main verb as its word

Examples:

-                 The door was opened.

-                 The door has been opened.

-                 The door must have been opened

-                 The chairs were broken.

-                 The chairs have been broken.

-                 The chair must have been broken.

-                 The cars were parked.

-                 The cars have been parked.

-                 The cars must been parked.

3.      A prepositional phrase: has a preposition as its first word

Examples:

-                 I called her at six o’clock.

-                 I saw her on the library.

-                 I bought vegetables on the market.

-                 I need ice from a freezer.

-                 She types a letter in the laptop.

4.      An adjective phrase: has an adjective as its main word

Examples:

-                 The exam is too easy.

-                 This morning is much beautiful then last morning.

-                 The girl is feeling so sad.

-                 It is much colder than last winter.

5.      An adverb phrase: has an adverb as its main word

-                 Examples:

-                 He comes here as quickly as possible.

-                 The woman dances as beautifully as possible.

-                 He talks English quite fluently.

-                 He texts me quite often.

Clause

Clauses are the main structures of which sentences are build. A sentence contains at least one main clause. It may also contain subordinate clauses.

A.   Main clause:

Types	Examples
Statements (It could be negative or positive sentence)	Ø  We are lucky. Ø  She drives a motorcycle in the road. Ø  I hit a ball into goal posts.
Questions	Ø  How are you? Ø  Where are you come from?
Imperatives	Ø  Don’t be silly! Ø  Don’t be noisy!
Exclamations (using what or how)	Ø  What a surprise you gave me! Ø  What a beautiful building! Ø  What a handsome man! Ø  How a beautiful flower it is!

B.   Subordinate clauses:

1.      Adverbial clause

·         Meaning          : conjunction which begin the clause

·         Time                : after, before, as, once, since, until, when, whenever, while

·         Condition        : if, unless

·         Contrast           : although, whereas, while

·         Reason and cause: because, since, as

·         Place                : where, whenever

·         Examples:

-            I will leave you alone if you are naughty.

-            I will never leave you because you have made me smile.

-            I can give you a gift after you do something to me.

2.      Comment clause

·         It is a small CLAUSE which adds a comment to what is said in the MAIN CLAUSE or in the rest of the sentence

·         Examples:

-            As you know, I’ve always wanted to visit Greece.

-            According to Shifa, A beauty comes from our heart.

-            She will never bring you down, I guess.

-            You are the winner of this competition, I believe.

-             

3.      Comparative clause

·         There are two kind of Comparative clause:

a.       Clause beginning with AS ( as - clauses) = these describe an equal comparison.

Example :

-          the TV sets cost Rp. 50.000,00

-          The camera cost Rp. 50.000,00

= So, the camera cost as much as the tv set does

b.      Clauses beginning with THAN ( that – clause) = there describe an equal comparison.

Example :

-          the TV sets cost Rp. 50.000,00

-          The camera cost Rp. 30.000,00

-          = So, the TV costs more than the camera costs.

4.       Noun clause

·         There are 4 main kinds of noun clause in English:

1.   That – clause

2.   Wh – clause

3.   Infinitive clause

4.   –ing clause

·         Examples:

-            Nobody believes that she was the winner of debate competition.

-            What she believes is no more bad score in her exam.

5.      Relative clause

·         Who, which, that, whose, when

·         Examples:

-            The boy who is holding my hand is my father.

-            The cat which is eating fish is mine.

-            The girls who is wearing black veil is my mother.

Report text with past participle

Natural garden park is a place to cover many scarce animals. It settings like as natural as where the animals live. It also purposes to make the next generation of us to be able to learn about their natural environment with kinds of animals (fauna) and also kind of plants (flora). There are so many place in Indonesia to be used as National garden park as like, in general are: Suaka Marga Satwa, Cagar Alam, Perlindungan hutan, Taman Nasional and Taman Laut (to save biota whole live in the sea), and in the specifically are: National Komodo Park, Gembira Loka Zoo National Ujung Kulon Park, Way Kambas, Suaka Marga Satwa  Danau Sentarum, etc.

With national garden park the bird cached by the people is saved now and also the scarce animals killed by the hunter is saved too. It causes the concept of that park is like their habitat. The animals can live longer with fertile plants to keep healthy environment for all the animals. It is very important to save our vary of flora and fauna because in Indonesia there are so many unique flora and fauna and several of them is not being saved by people.

Structure assignment ( Paragraph - participle)

      Last Saturday night, my nephew and I went to the Mall and also spend that Saturday night together, he picked me up with his new motorcycle. In game zone, when I played game with him, I met my boyfriend and he came to us. He was angry with us. He burned in flame of jealous. After he had angry, he sat side me. My nephew asked to me that he should be back to somewhere to take something left behind. But, actually I know that he went expressly to avoid my boyfriend and me alone. Finally I told to my boyfriend that the boy playing with me is my nephew, fortunately he believe with my explanation. In the house, my nephew said to me that he saw my boyfriend accompany a girl near my house. then I told to him that the girl taken home by the boy is me.