Exercise 1 (Present participles)

1. I saw a dog sleeping in the street.
2. A large crowd os spectators was watching the gladiators fighting in the arena.
3. A slave handed over a letter to my father who was sitting in his study.
4. The emperor gave a signal to the soldiers standing beside the prisoners.
5. The faithful wife kissed the hands of her dying husband.

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Exercise 2 (Past Participles)

1. datus, -a, -um = given; having been given
2. missus, -a, -um = sent; having been sent
3. expulsus, -a, -um = driven out; having been driven out
4. scriptus, -a, -um = written; having been written
5. deletus, -a, -um = destroyed; having been destroyed.

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