This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adjectives > Participial Adjectives – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Adjectives Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The rescuers were trying hard to save the ..... child. Luckily, he was slightly ..... A) Drowning, injured. B) Drowning, injuring. C) Drowned, injuring. D) Drowned, injured. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drowning, injured. 2. There are more than 7, 000 ..... languages in existence today. A) Living. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living. 3. Which participle adjective should be used in the sentence? "The children were ..... by the magic show." A) Excited. B) Exciting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited. 4. I am so ..... when I'm at the beach. I forget about everything I have to do. A) Relaxed. B) Relaxing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relaxed. 5. Parents have a (last) ..... effect on their children. A) Lasting. B) Lasted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lasting. 6. Are you ..... in politics? A) Interested. B) Interesting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested. 7. Mark thought the last Brazilian soccer game was very ..... A) Disappointing. B) Disappointed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappointing. 8. This is the most ..... news I've received in my life. A) Disappoint. B) Disappointed. C) Disappointing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disappointing. 9. Identify the gerund(s):Frying chicken is really challenging-that's why I usually don't bother and go to Popeye's instead! A) Frying. B) Chicken. C) Challenging. D) Usually. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frying. 10. The man was surprised by the news. He was a ..... man. A) Surprised. B) Surprising. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprised. 11. Choose the correct participial adjective (-ed or-ing) to complete the sentence:After reading the article about artificial intelligence, some students were ..... by how quickly machines are replacing human jobs in certain industries. A) Alarmed. B) Alarming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alarmed. 12. She was ..... by the phone call. She felt scared. A) Frightened. B) Challenging. C) Disgusting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightened. 13. Mr. Moss felt pretty ..... when that boy knocked at his door and ran away. A) Annoy. B) Annoying. C) Annoyed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyed. 14. No one lives in that (desert) ..... house except a few ghosts. A) Deserted. B) Deserting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deserted. 15. That movie was ..... It wasn't ..... at all A) Bored-interesting. B) Boring-interested. C) Boring-interesting. D) Bored-interested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boring-interesting. 16. Identify the participial adjective in the following sentence: "The excited crowd cheered loudly." A) Loudly. B) Crowd. C) Excited. D) Cheered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excited. 17. 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. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. 18. Which of the following sentences contains an incorrect use of a participial adjective? A) The bored students listened attentively. B) The exciting movie was boring. C) The interesting book kept me awake. D) The broken vase lay on the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The exciting movie was boring. 19. Which of the following sentences uses a participial adjective correctly? A) The movie was very excitement. B) The movie was very excite. C) The movie was very exciting. D) The movie was very excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movie was very exciting. 20. I don't understand how to solve this math problem. It is so ..... ! A) Frustrated. B) Frustrating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frustrating. 21. I was in a virtual meeting and forgot to turn off the microphone when you called me. It was so ..... A) Embarrassing. B) Embarrassed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embarrassing. 22. I am so ..... to ride the T-Express. A) Excite. B) Excited. C) Exciting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited. 23. The results of my last test were very ..... A) Disappointing. B) Disappointed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappointing. 24. The child was ..... to see his favorite super hero falling the stairs. A) Amused. B) Amusing. C) Amuse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amused. 25. How do participial adjectives give more detail about a noun? A) By describing the location of the noun. B) By showing what it's like or what it's doing. C) By indicating the time an action takes place. D) By showing how often an action is performed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By showing what it's like or what it's doing. 26. He's only ..... about playing games. A) Exciting. B) Excite. C) Excited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excited. 27. When Tom saw his father driving a new car, he was really ..... A) Surprised. B) Species. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprised. 28. The walk up the mountain was long and ..... A) Tire. B) Tiring. C) Tired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tiring. 29. I am (terrify) ..... of spiders. A) Terrified. B) Terrifying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrified. 30. She would go to the beach if she ..... out. A) Will go. B) Could go. C) Go. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could go. ← PreviousNext →Related 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