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Interactions 1 Writing, 4/e
Cheryl Pavlik
Margaret Keenan Segal
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Using Past Participles as Adjectives

Read the sentences below and decide which of these the underlined word is.

        a. a past participle used as an adjective
        b. a past participle used as part of a verb
        c. a simple past tense form



Write the correct letter on the line.



1

I spilled the ink, and it stained my pants.        
2

We gave the broken computer to my uncle.        
3

Oh no! You've torn my blouse!        
4

You can't wear those ripped jeans!        
5

This CD is scratched. We can't play it.        
6

She chipped her tooth when she fell.        
7

He loves that faded old shirt.        
8

Did you find the lost dog?        
9

She's crying because she's broken her new glasses.        
10

The house was destroyed in the fire.        








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