- Students work in pairs and open the corresponding pages.
- On each page, students are presented with two sentences that they read to their partners. Partners change the second sentence using a present or past participle adjective.
- The answers are written under each sentence so that students can correct each other if necessary.
Example:
The police arrested the man. The man was taken to jail.
The arrested man was taken to jail.
- I broke my dictionary. I threw out the dictionary.
- I threw out the broken dictionary.
- The baby was screaming. The mother was carrying the baby.
- The mother was carrying the screaming baby.
- We visited the house. The house is haunted by ghosts.
- We visited the haunted house.
- People had crowded onto the train. We decided not to get on the train.
- We decided not to get on the crowded train.
- The customer will pay a lot of money. We should be very polite to the customer.
- We should be very polite to the paying customer.
- The cigarette was burning. The cigarette started a fire.
- The burning cigarette started a fire.
- The students always work hard. The teacher loves the students.
- The teacher loves the hard-working students.
- That subject bores me. Let's not talk about that subject.
- Let's not talk about that boring subject.
- The company rejected my application. They laughed at the application.
- They laughed at the rejected application.
- We cleaned the room. We had a party in the room.
- We had a party in the cleaned room.
- She cut her hand. The nurse treated her hand.
- The nurse treated her cut hand.
- The cell phone works. We put it in John's pocket.
- We put the working cell phone in John's pocket.
- We froze the juice. We ate the juice for dessert.
- We ate the frozen juice for dessert.
- The jet is flying over our heads. The jet is making a lot of noise.
- The flying jet is making a lot of noise.
- The mechanic repaired my car. I drove it home.
- I drove my repaired car home.
- The cook melted cheese on the rice. The cheese was delicious.
- The melted cheese was delicious.
- My roommate always annoys me. I am starting to get angry with my roommate.
- I am starting to get angry with my annoying roommate.
- The news really surprised me. It came as a shock.
- The surprising news came as a shock.
- A journalist interviewed the man. The man was abducted by aliens.
- A journalist interviewed the abducted man.
- The students know the teacher well. The teacher was in an accident.
- The well-known teacher was in an accident.