Final -ed: Past Participles that Act as Modifiers

Application 8
	Instructions The first sentence in each pair below contains a clause in the passive voice. The second part of each pair shows the place for the embedded verbal that comes from the passive voice verb. In the space provided, write the appropriate past participle. 1. The tree, which was brightly decorated, amazed the pedestrians. The brightly ____________ tree amazed the pedestrians.
	2. They had never seen a tree that was so brilliantly finished. They had never seen such a brilliantly ____________ tree.
	3. The mayor, who was pleased, smiled at the crowd. The ____________ mayor smiled at the crowd.
	4. He studied their faces, which were delighted and dazzled. He studied their ____________ faces.
	5. Then he threw away his speech that had been prepared. Then he threw away his ____________ speech.

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 10.1 Pretest 10.2 Your Writing 10.3 Recognizing Final -ed 10.4 Simple Past Tense 10.5 Perfect Tenses 10.6 Passive Voices 10.7 Past Participles that Act as Modifiers 10.8 Avoiding Incorrect -ed Endings 10.9 Review & Practice Part 1 10.9 Review & Practice Part 2 10.10 Fun With Grammar 10.11 Return to Your Writing 10.12 Mastery Test