1. Using the past participle.

How many past participles can you find in this review?

This disc is the second volume of Sculthorpe's complete works for string quartets, recorded in the presence of the composer. Included is the String Quartet No 10, written in 1983 for the Kronos Quartet and displaying musical influences "from both sides of the Pacific". It is balanced by the String Quartet No 11 of 1990 which is distinctively Australian in feeling and, with the sub-title "Jabiru Dreaming", is one of the composer's "Kakadu" works.

Both are very approachable, and receive committed and finely shaped performances which capture effectively the essential elements of the music. With the composer's supervision the performances can be regarded as definitive.

The disc also offers ten small pieces for string quartet, two of them miniatures called Hill-Songs, and the remainder drawn from unpublished or discarded works. With equally fine and carefully crafted performances, they provide, with the full-scale quartets, a constantly interesting survey of Sculthorpe's music for string quartet from 1945 to 1994.

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2. Using the past participle.

Put the past participles from the text from READING into one of the three boxes, according to their function. (Tip: If you can’t remember, search for the word in the text using the “Find” option on your computer or device.).

Past participles used before nouns as adjectives
She's a distinguished violinist.

Past participles used as part of a verb phrase
The work was praised in the press.

Past participles used after nouns, to add information
The work, composed over a century ago, still feels modern.

3. Past participle clauses.

Write the two sentences as one using a past participle clause.

Included is the String Quartet No 10. It was written for the Kronos Quartet.
Included is the String Quartet No 10, written for the Kronos Quartet.

4. Using the present participle.

Decide which use of the present participle is illustrated in these sentences.

5. Using auxiliary verbs.

Decide if these sentences are complete or if they need auxiliary verbs. Choose the auxiliary from the menu.

6. Present participle clauses.

In questions 1 to 6 join the sentences using a present participle clause.

Olsen's voice and the cello swap lines. They match tonalities.
Olsen's voice and the cello swap lines, matching tonalities.

7. Present and past participle clauses.

Complete the pairs of sentences with either a past or a present participle of the verb given.
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8. Participles used before nouns.

Complete the sentences with the correct compound adjectives. Drag the words to the gap, or you can click the word and then click the gap.

9. Participle clauses.

Choose the correct participle clause to complete the sentences.

10. Yet.

Put yet in the correct position in each sentence.