The participle

TASK 12. Ask questions to the underlined words.

1. 
   I can see John coming up the garden path.
   
2. 
   Fred could hear the boy whistling in the street.
   
3. 
   We could see Margaret waving her handkerchief to us.
   
4. 
   In the morning I saw these carpets being hoovered.
   
5. 
   I heard William laughing at his own jokes again.
   
6. 
   Last week during the tour of the cheese factory we saw cheese being made.
   
7. 
   The sports instructor saw his students playing volley-ball in the sports ground.
   
8. 
   Betty saw some chicken being roasted for dinner.
   
9. 
   Through the open windows we heard the opera ‘Madame Butterfly’ being rehearsed.
   
10. 
    Last year I was happy to hear the famous Luchano Pavarotti singing in Milan.
    
11. 
    I could hear my dad talking on the telephone in his study.
    
12. 
    The whole night I could hear my neighbour’s baby crying in the nursery.
    
13. 
    In the hairdresser’s I saw a dog’s hair being cut.
    

TASK 13. Choose the correct form of the verbal.

1. 
   “Dad, watch me do/doing a somersault”.
   
2. 
   As I passed the door of his room, I heard Peter play/playing the piano.
   
3. 
   Mrs. Watson was just going out shopping when she noticed a man try/trying to open the door of the flat opposite.
   
4. 
   The motorist was obviously in trouble, so I helped him change/changing the wheel.
   
5. 
   As Lucille came into the kitchen, she smelt something burn/burning.
   
6. 
   Why did the doctor make you lie/lying on your stomach?
   
7. 
   I didn’t dare to move until I felt the tarantula crawl/crawling off my chest.
   
8. 
   I went to a football match last Saturday and saw Crystal Palace beat/beating Liverpool.
   
9. 
   “Will you let me ride/riding your new bicycle, Pauline?”
   
10. 
    “I thought I heard someone cry/crying in here. Is anything wrong?”
    
11. 
    The earthquake was quite strong: we felt the building sway/swaying from side to side two or three times. But then it was over.
    
12. 
    Somehow Peter made his wife change/changing her mind.
    
13. 
    As Sherlock Holmes turned the corner into Baker Street, he observed a man stand/standing in the shadows on the other side of the street.
    
14. 
    It was really stupid of Roger to let his pet lion escape/escaping.
    
15. 
    As we flew over the city, we saw the crowds gather/gathering for the festival.