This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adjectives > Participial Adjectives – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Adjectives Quiz 23 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? "I am escaping whether you like it or not." A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 2. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? The giggling kids got on my nerves. A) Participial adjective. B) Verb / part of a verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial adjective. 3. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? Bits of old food clogged the drain. A) Participial adjective. B) Verb/part of a verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 4. A:I'm very ..... in modern art. What about you?B:I can't tell the same, I'd rather go to concerts.A:Well, I also find live performances ..... A) Interested / interesting. B) Interested / interests. C) Interest / interested. D) Interesting / interested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested / interesting. 5. She is ..... by AI Pacino movies. A) Fascinating. B) Fascinates. C) Fascinated. D) Fascination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fascinated. 6. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? The kids were giggling hysterically as they watched the teacher fall down. A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. 7. I'm not a fervent ..... of spicy food. A) Enthusiasting. B) Enthusiastic. C) Enthusiasm. D) Enthusiast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enthusiast. 8. We got a ..... letter. (urge=to urge) A) Squat. B) Push. C) Urgent. D) Urgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urgent. 9. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? We are having a lock-down because a prisoner has escaped. A) Participial adjective. B) Verb/part of a verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 10. The doctor talks to the ..... patient. (wait=to wait) A) Wait. B) Waited. C) Waiting. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waiting. 11. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? My uncle is snoring loudly. A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. 12. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? I couldn't sleep because of my loudly snoring uncle. A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial adjective. 13. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? The prisoner escaped from the high-security prison. A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 14. Erik writes for the newspaper. This is a good ..... article. (write=to write) A) Writer. B) Writer. C) Written. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Written. 15. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? The clogged drain was starting to smell. A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial adjective. 16. Which instance of drinking is the gerund? I've been drinking coffee since I was 16. Turns out, drinking caffeine is addictive, so now I can't stop! A) Been drinking. B) Drinking caffeine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking caffeine. 17. The beach is such a ..... place to go. A) Relaxed. B) Relaxing. C) Relaxes. D) Relax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relaxing. 18. A:What a ..... food! I can't eat it.B:Me neither! I'm ..... about it. A) Disgust / disgusted. B) Disgusted / disgusting. C) Disgusting / disgustness. D) Disgusting / disgusted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disgusting / disgusted. 19. I bought a ..... car (need=to use) A) Needing. B) Used. C) Need it. D) Using. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used. 20. I live by a strong ..... river. (to flow) A) Flowed. B) Flowing. C) Fluently. D) Flowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flowing. 21. He wrote a good ..... story. (develop=to develop) A) Develope. B) Developed. C) Developed. D) Developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed. 22. The class was disrupted by a bad ..... child. (behave=to behave) A) Behaving. B) Behaved. C) Dazed. D) Between them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behaving. 23. There is an old saying:Let (sleeping) ..... dogs lie. A) Sleeping. B) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeping. 24. When the movie ended, the audience looked ..... because of the sudden twist. Still, the director's creativity was ..... , and critics praised the originality. A) Surprised-impressive. B) Surprised-impressing. C) Surprised-impressively. D) Surprising-impressed. E) Surprising-impressing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprised-impressive. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParticipial Adjectives Quiz 1Participial Adjectives Quiz 2Participial Adjectives Quiz 3Participial Adjectives Quiz 4Participial Adjectives Quiz 5Participial Adjectives Quiz 6Participial Adjectives Quiz 7Participial Adjectives Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books