英文法の重要テーマである現在分詞と過去分詞の使い分けに関する練習問題を紹介します。特に surprise, excite, interest 等の感情動詞の分詞（分詞形容詞）の区別が大きなポイントです。感情動詞についてまだ理解が不十分だと思われる人は、先に以下の記事を読んでからこの練習問題に取り組むことをオススメします。
【関連記事】現在分詞と過去分詞の違い・使い分け【感情動詞・分詞形容詞】
練習問題
- He seemed ( ) at the result of the match.
① to please ② pleasing ③ please ④ pleased - Keep your eyes ( ) until I say OK.
① closed ② closing ③ close ④ to close - My mother was happy to see her guest ( ) her cakes eagerly.
① eaten ② eats ③ to eat ④ eating - Were you ( ) with the result?
① satisfying ② satisfied ③ satisfy ④ to satisfy - I kept ( ) for the bus.
① waiting ② waited ③ was waiting ④ was waited - Her story was very ( ).
① to interest ② interested ③ interest ④ interesting - There are three security cameras ( ) to the wall.
① attaching ② attached ③ to attached ④ to attaching - I’m really ( ) about the coming vacation.
① excitement ② excite ③ exciting ④ excited - She left the children ( ) outside.
① were waiting ② waited ③ waiting ④ were waited - One of the players got ( ) during the match.
① injure ② injured ③ injuring ④ to injure - The book was not nearly as good as I had expected. In fact, it was quite ( ).
① disappoint ② disappointed ③ disappointing ④ disappointed - A ship ( ) more than 500 passengers is missing.
① carry ② carrying ③ carried ④ is carried - I usually feel ( ) at the end of vacation.
① depressing ② depressed ③ depress ④ depresses - The driver kept the engine ( ) while we waited.
① run ② to run ③ running ④ ran - Once again Mary looked ( ). She didn’t understand why I refused to do that.
① confusion ② confuse ③ confusing ④ confused - He has both natural ability and dedication ( ) to become a world class athlete.
① needed ② needing ③ to need ④ that needs - Every child ( ) at the story about two German magicians who had helped some white lions survive.
① amuses ② was amusing ③ amused ④ has amused ⑤ was amused