Participles

You may find it ________ that such a little girl can speak three foreign languages fluently in this small town.

• surprising

• surprised

• to surprise

• being surprised

The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain________as the plane was making a landing.

• seat

• seating

• seated

• to be seating

________ to raise her three daughters, my mother retired from her job and moved to the countryside to enjoy the rest of her life.

• Struggling

• Having struggled   

• To struggle

• Struggled

He said that many words ________ nature were now missing from the new version of the junior dictionary.

• described

• being described

• describing

• to describe

You can hardly imagine a child ______ so cruelly.

• to treat

• to be treated

• treating

• being treated

A recent Canadian study suggests that a child ________ from interactive music classes has better communication skills.

• benefit

• benefiting

• benefited

• to benefit

Hearing the gunfire, the black boy rushed out, ______ the book ______ on the table and disappeared into the forest.

• leaving; lying open

• left; lay opened

• leaving; lie opened

• left; lain open

China's National Highway 318, ________ over 5,000 kilometers from Shanghai to Zhangmu, Tibet, is known as the "heavenly road“ for its amazing views.

• to extend

• extended

• extending

• being extended

The dancer’s incredible performance had the audience on its feet ______ for 10 minutes at the end of the show.

• being clapped

• clap

• clapped

• clapping

    _____ volcanoes for many years, I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.

• To study

• Studying

• Having studied

• Studied