REDUCED ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

1. ________ only three hours, I can hardly focus on my work.

A. Having slept B. Was slept C. Having been slept D. Sleeping
2. ________ this movie some times, I still want to see it again.
A. Having seen B. Had seen C. Was seen D. Seeing
3. _________ the experiment several times, the scientists finally succeeded in developing a new
vaccine. (2021)
A. Carried out B. Having been carried out C. Having carried out D. Carrying out
4. She had not slept for two days and therefore she wasn't able to concentrate.
A. Not being able to concentrate, she hadn’t slept for two days.
B. She had not slept for two days when he wasn't able to concentrate.
C. The reason why she had not slept for two days is that she wasn't able to concentrate.
D. Not having slept for two days she wasn't able to concentrate.
5. _________ a place at a prestigious university, you need to pull your socks up from now on.
A. Winning B. To win C. Having won D. Have been won
6. __________ her phone number, I can’t call her.
A. Not having known B. Haven’t known C. Not knowing D. Not being known
7. __________ my back yesterday, I now have difficulty in walking.
A. Having been injured B. Having injured C. Injuring D. Being injured
8. Once _________ in large quantities, these products will be more affordably priced.
A. having produced B. are produced C. produced D. producing
9. _________ that the distance was too far and the time was short, we decided to fly there instead of
going there by train.
A. To discover B. Discovered C. To have discovered D. Having discovered
10. Having been delayed by the heavy traffic, ______________.
A. her being late was tolerable B. she was unable to arrive on time
C. it was difficult for her to arrive on time D. it was impossible for her to arrive on time
11. _________ the car, the police officer wanted to see the documents of the drivers.
A. To stop B. Stopping C. Having stopped D. Stopped
12. _________ the test, we felt relieved.
A. Writing B. Having been written C. Being writing D. Having written
13. _________ all day, we were quite exhausted in the evening.
A. Having worked B. Having been worked C. Working D. After had worked
14. _________ by fans, she began to grow arrogant.
A. Admired B. Had been admired C. Having admired D. Admiring
15. _______ the negative effects of plastic bags, they turned to paper bags instead.
A. Have realized B. Having realized C. Have been realized D. Have been realizing
16. She was shocked by the bad news and burst into tears.
A. Being shocked by the bad news and she burst into tears.
B. Having been shocked by the bad news, she burst into tears.
C. Shocked by the bad news, she burst into tears.
D. She was shocked by the bad news, bursting into tears.
17. _________ by the secretary, the letter was signed by the boss.
A. Having typed B. Having been typed C. Being typed D. Being typing
18. _________ several times, he was rather annoyed.
A. Interrupted B. Have been interrupted C. Interrupt D. Having been interrupted
19. _________, the injured man was taken to hospital.
A. Before rescued B. Having rescued C. Having been rescued D. Rescue
20. ________ in the US in 1977, this festival is celebrated with feasts and songs in the home for seven
days and nights.
A. Africa introduced B. Africa introducing C. Introducing from Africa D. Introduced from Africa
21. _________ early, he is very happy.
A. Graduate B. Graduating C. Have been graduated D. Graduated
22. _________ by a big compapy, the girl is very happy.
A. Hire B. Hiring C. Being hired D. Hired
23. ________ by my performance in the probation, the manager signed a two-year contract with me.
A. Impressed B. To be impressed C. Having impressed D. Being impressed
24. I had not ridden a horse for a long time and found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.
A. Because I had not ridden a horse for a long time, so I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.
B. Not ridden a horse for a long time I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.
C. I had not ridden a horse for a long time because I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.
D. Not having ridden a horse for a long time I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.
25. The thief ran away, ________ the wallet.
A. dropping B. dropped C. having dropped D. and dropping
26. ________ the Christmas season, everybody prepared for the traditional Tet holiday.
A. Finishing B. Finished C. To finish D. Having finished
27. The teacher stopped the lesson, ________ by his students’ talking.
A. annoy B. being annoyed C. annoyed D. having annoyed
28. ___________, we will go on a strike.
A. If paid fairly B. Unless paid fairly C. Unless we paid fairly D. Paying fairly
29. Having passed the entrance exam, _________ go away for a holiday.
A. his parents let him B. he is allowed to C. he is allowing to D. his parents allow him to
30. Since I had not seen him for ages, I didn't recognize him.
A. Since having not seen him for ages, I didn't recognize him.
B. Because of having not seen him for ages, I didn't recognize him.
C. Not having seen him for ages, I didn't recognize him.
D. Since not seeing him for ages, I didn't recognize him.
31. __________ from university, she applied for a job.
A. On/upon graduating B. Graduated C. Having been graduating D. Being graduated
32. ______________ a good chance, don’t let it slip away!
A. Being given B. You are given C. If you give D. If given
33. Before eating, _____________ thoroughly with soap and clean water.
A. you should wash your hands B. you need washing your hands
C. your hands should be washed D. your hands need washing
34. ________ 25 years ago, next month the club is holding a party for past and present members.
A. Forming B. Form C. Formed D. Having formed
35. ______, the thief made quite a commotion, which alerted the soldiers who then arrested the man.
A. When saw the bear B. That they saw the bear
C. He had seen they bear D. Upon seeing the bear
36. (A) After writing it, the essay must (B) be duplicated by the student himself and handed (C) into the
department secretary before (D) the end of the month.
37. _____________ basketball for two hours, they went home.
A. After playing B. While playing C. Playing D. After had played
38. _____________ your essay, I noticed a lot of mistakes.
A. Not reading B. Before reading C. While reading D. Having been reading
39. When he picked up my book he found that the cover had been torn.
A. Picked up, he saw that the cover of the book was torn.
B. The cover had been torn when his book is picked up.
C. Picking up his book, the cover had been torn.
D. On picking up the book, he saw that the cover had been torn.
40. ___________ the age of 21, he was able to gamble in Las Vegas.
A. When reached B. Reached C. As he reaching D. Upon reaching
41. Found (A) in the 12th century, Oxford University ranks (B) among (C) the world’s oldest universities.
42. _____________ my flight, I set my alarm clock for 6:00 AM.
A. Because not wanting to miss B. Not wanting to miss
C. While not wanting to miss D. Before not wanting to miss
43. _____________, I felt sad because of not seeing anyone.
A. Coming here B. After coming here C. Before coming here D. While coming here
44. ___________ the table, Mr. Robert called the family for dinner.
A. Being laid B. Having laid C. Have laid D. Having lying
45. _____________ to drive, Jim always flies between Denver and Vail.
A. Not liking B. Not having liked C. Not liked D. Liking
46. _____________, I saw a man steal a purse of the lady sitting next to him.
A. Upon waiting for the bus B. While I waiting for the bus
C. Waited for the bus D. After waiting for the bus
47. We are aware that __________, the situation will get worse.
A. if dealt not carefully with B. unless dealing with carefully
C. if not carefully dealt with D. if not carefully dealing with
48. If ________ with pictures and diagrams, a lesson will be more interesting and comprehensible.
A. illustrated B. have illustrated C. was illustrated D. illustrating
49. Depending on your nationality, ________ a loan or financial support from the UK government.
A. your likelihood may be eligible for B. you may be eligible for
C. you may have been eligible for D. it may be likely for you to ask for
50. ______ the desalination plant, the company could offer an effective solution to the problem of
water scarcity.
A. Being built B. Having been built C. To build D. Having built
51. _____ the instruction, he snatched up the fire extinguisher.
A. Reading B. Read C. Having read D. To read
52. Nam defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-school table tennis
championship.
A. Being defeated by the former champion, Nam lost the chance to play the final game of inter-school
table tennis championship.
B. Having defeated by the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Nam did not hold the title of
champion.
C. Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Nam won the inter-school table tennis
championship.
D. Although Nam defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the title of inter-school table
tennis champion.
53. _____________, John applied for a job.
A. Needed more workers
B. Having read that the company needed workers
C. Reading that the company needed workers
D. Because having read that the company needed workers
54. ___________ only two hours, I can hardly focus on my work.
A. Slept B. Having slept C. Sleeping D. Was slept
55. ___________, Joe was annoyed to find that he had left his key at the coffee shop.
A. After returned to his office B. To have just returned to his office
C. Upon returning to his office D. Having been returned to his office
56. ______ from the horseback, he was taken to hospital and had an operation.
A. When falling B. As he was fallen C. After having fallen D. To fall
57. After _________ it over, I decided to laugh at myself and just join anyway.
A. having thought B. I have thought C. I thought D. to have thought
58. She noticed that the front door was open as soon as she returned from work.
=> ______________ from work, she noticed that the front door was open.
A. Before returning B. Upon returning C. While returning D. Having returned
59. She was returning home from work. She got stuck in traffic.
=> ________________, she got stuck in traffic.
A. Having been returning B. While returning from work
C. After returning from work D. Before returning from work
60. Marie left work early because she didn't feel too well.
A. Having left work early, Marie didn't feel too well. B. Leaving work early, Marie didn't feel too well.
C. Not feeling too well, Marie left work early. D. Feeling not too well, Marie left work early.
61. He is a perfectionist. He noticed all the flaws.
=> _______________, he noticed all the flaws.
A. While being a perfectionist B. Since being a perfectionist
C. Be a perfectionist D. As a perfectionist
62. He finished his homework. Then he started to play video games.
=> He started to play video games ________________.
A. after finishing his homework B. while finishing his homework
C. finishing his homework D. after had finished homework
63. Because our car has broken down, we have been traveling to work by bus since last week.
=> _____________, we have been traveling to work by bus since last week.
A. Our car broken down B. Having broken down with our car
C. Our car having broken down D. Breaking down our car
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 1. My parents bought me a ___________ schoolbag for my birthday.
A. red Japanese beautiful B. beautiful Japanese red
C. beautiful red Japanese D. Japanese red beautiful
2. It is a ___________ bag.
A. blue polyester sleeping B. polyester sleeping blue
C. blue sleeping polyester D. sleeping blue polyester
3. Researchers at the University of Illinois have found out _______ cup.
A. a little amazing old Chinese B. an old amazing Chinese little
C. an old Chinese amazing little D. an amazing little old Chinese
4. He hopes that she will be happy with this ________ ring. (2022)
A. nice small Indonesian B. nice Indonesian small
C. small nice Indonesian D. Indonesian nice small
5. Charles was wearing __________ at the party.
A. a yellow silk funny tie B. very funny wide yellow silk tie
C. a tie yellow silk funny D. a funny wide yellow silk tie
6. Helen has just bought__________.
A. two scarves new wool black B. two black wool new scarves
C. two new black wool scarves D. new black wool two scarves
7. He was wearing a ________ shirt.
A. dirty old flannel B. flannel old dirty C. old dirty flannel D. old flannel dirty
8. Pass me the ________ cups.
A. plastic big blue B. big blue plastic C. big plastic blue D. blue big plastic
9. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
A. handsome new American B. American new handsome
C. new handsome American C. new American handsome
10. I used to drive ________ car.
A. a blue old German B. an old German blue
C. a German blue old D. an old blue German
11. Tom lost the __________bicycle he bought last week and his parents were very angry with him
because of his carelessness.
A. Japanese beautiful new white B. new beautiful white Japanese
C. beautiful Japanese white new D. beautiful new white Japanese
12. He recently married a ________ woman.
A. young beautiful Greek B. beautiful young Greek
C. beautiful Greek young D. Greek young beautiful
13. This is a ________ movie.
A. new Italian wonderful B. wonderful Italian new
C. wonderful new Italian D. new wonderful Italian
14. She is a ________.
A. beautiful slim Brazilian supermodel B. supermodel Brazilian beautiful slim
C. slim supermodel Brazilian beautiful D. slim beautiful Brazilian supermodel
15. It's in the ________.
A. large blue metal container B. blue large container metal
C. blue container metal large D. container large blue metal
16. He sat behind a ________.
A. big wooden desk brown B. big brown wooden desk
C. wooden big brown desk B. big desk brown wooden
17. She gave him a ________.
A. small Egyptian black vase B. black vase small Egyptian
C. small black Egyptian vase D. vase small black Egyptian
18. My grandfather has just bought ____________.
A. an old interesting French painting B. an interesting old French painting
C. a French interesting old painting D. a painting interesting old French
19. He sold his ____________.
A . big black leather shoes B. leather big black shoes
C. black big leather shoes D. shoes of big black leather
20. I met a ______ girl at my friend's birthday party last Sunday.
A. pretty American tall B. tall pretty American
C. tall American pretty D. pretty tall American