Participle – Free Exercise

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Exercises

Regular participles. Complete the table with the participles of the verbs.

Infinitive Participle infinitive Participle
hablar  [speak → spoken]|-ar verb = add -ado to the root comer  [eat → eaten]|-er verb = add -ido to the root
cantar  [sing → sung]|-ar verb = add -ado to the root beber  [drink → drunk]|-er verb = add -ido to the root
bailar  [dance → danced]|-ar verb = add -ado to the root correr  [run → run]|-er verb = add -ido to the root
llorar  [cry → cried]|-ar verb = add -ado to the root subir  [climb → climbed]|-ir verb = add -ido to the root
comprar  [buy → bought]|-ar verb = add -ado to the root vivir  [live → lived]|-ir verb = add -ido to the root

Irregular participles. Complete the table with the participles of the verbs.

Infinitive Participle Infinitive Participle
decir  [say → said]|irregular participle freír  [fry → fried]|verb with two participle forms
hacer  [do → done]|irregular participle posponer  [postpone → postponed]|irregular participle
escribir  [write → written]|irregular participle prever  [forecast → forecasted]|irregular participle
poner  [put → put]|irregular participle deshacer  [undo → undone]|irregular participle
volver  [return → returned]|irregular participle encubrir  [hide → hidden]|irregular participle

Variable participles. Complete the sentences using the participles of the verbs in brackets. Remember to change the ending where necessary.

  1. Ana, (ilusionar)   con su fiesta de cumpleaños, no puede dejar de sonreír.[Ana, excited about her birthday party, can’t stop smiling.]|-ar verb, feminine singular subject (Ana) → participle ending in -ada
  2. Tengo (reservar)   las entradas para el concierto del fin de semana.[I’ve booked the tickets for the concert this weekend.]|-ar verb, feminine plural noun (entradas) → participle ending in -adas
  3. Después de la conferencia, todas las sillas fueron (recoger)  .[After the conference, all the chairs were collected.]|-er verb, feminine plural noun (sillas) → participle ending in -idas
  4. Creo que doy por (terminar)   mis deberes.[I think I’ve finished my homework.]|-ar verb, masculine plural noun (deberes) → participle ending in -ados
  5. (derretir)   la nieve de la carretera, los coches vuelven a circular con normalidad.[The snow on the road has melted and the cars are back to driving normally.]|-ir verb, feminine singular noun (nieve) → participle ending in -ida