Perfect Participles or Perfect Gerunds

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I. Rewrite the sentences, using perfect gerunds.

1. The man had broken the window but he denied it.


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2. Tom had a new job. His parents are excited about that fact.
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3. The previous day, Nam hadn’t answered my phone. He admitted that.


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4. I locked the door. I remember doing that.


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5. The day before, these guys had stolen the motorbike. They were accused of what they had done.
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6. Mrs. Huong had not helped the strangers. She regretted that.
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7. These boys were absent without permission. They were punished for it.
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8. Humans have caused global warming. They are responsible for doing that.
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9. In Dalat, we didn’t visit The Valley of Love. We regrets that.


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10. John has become the world tennis champion. We congratulate him on this.
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11. Bob drove us home. We thanked him for doing that.


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12. Someone has stolen Mr. Smith’s car. David was suspected of doing that.
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13. In that game, the players are not allowed to use their hands. They are confused about that.
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14. The boy had broken the vase. He apologized for doing that.
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15. In the competition, the girl over there won the first prize. She was praised for that.
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II. Rewrite the sentences, using a perfect participle.

1. Since Mai had refused Nam’s offer of a lift in his car, she had to walk home.
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2. I went for a walk after I had dinner.


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3. As we hadn’t practiced a lot, we didn’t play well in the game.


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4. Nga had breakfast before she went to school.


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5. I had not met him a long time and I didn’t recognize him at first.
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6. It is hard for him to pass the last exam because he hasn’t worked hard.
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7. Because farmers had been informed about the bad effects of chemical fertilizers, they started using them sparingly
on their farms.
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8. They had worked hard, so they were sure of passing the exam.
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9. Local people have cut down the forests to make ways for farming and therefore they have to suffer severe floods.
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10. After Mai had read the instructions, she knew how to run that engine.
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