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essay yesterday.2. I wish I’d known that it’s fairly difficult to be truly miserable at college…3. I wish she had e on Tuesday.4. I wish I’d done some research.5. I wish I’d known you were in town.6. I wish I hadn’t arrived at work late this morning.7. I wish you’d told me all this last week.③ Look at the sentences from the passage and answer the questions.But faced with so much choice, is it surprising that you sometimes don’t know what to do?Looking back at my college years, I wish I had known about …1. Which sentence begins with an active participle? Why?The second sentence, because the subject of the sentence, “I”, is the one who does the looking: I look and I wish …2. Which sentence begins with a passive participle? Why?The first sentence. “Faced with so much choice” can be written as “you are faced with so much choice”, which means the choice is a situation which happens to you. Now plete the sentences using the correct participles of the verbs in brackets.1. Thinking 2. Supported 3. Encouraged 4. Looking 5. Believing 6. Faced④ Look at the sentence.When I was in my late twenties I finally found my true path in life.We can rewrite it to emphasize that something happened late like this:Now rewrite the sentences using “It wasn’t until…that…”1. It wasn’t until midnight that I realized I had to hand in the essay the next day.2. It wasn’t until Wednesday that I got my season ticket for the buses.3. It wasn’t until after the break that Emma and Paul arrived.4. It wasn’t until I was in my midtwenties that I realized I wanted to go to university.5. It wasn’t until the final act that everything suddenly made sense.6. It wasn’t until the end of the course that we were asked to give our opinions.⑤ Look at the sentences from the passage and answer the question.… I bet you WILL make friends. It’s almost impossible not to.What is it impossible not to do?Now rewrite the sentences using ellipsis. 1. I learnt a lot while I was there – it was difficult not to.2. I wasn’t able to speak to Roger this morning but I hope to tomorrow.3. We would love you to e and see us, but only if you want to.4. A lot of people cried when they heard the news. It was hard not to.5. You can read th