This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 10 (55 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... one hand on the steering wheel, Ann opened a can of soda pop with her free hand. A) To keep. B) Keeping. C) Keep. D) In keeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keeping. 2. True or False:The following sentence contains a dangling participle:'After finishing my homework, the TV was turned on.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Choose the Past Participle of TYPE A) Typed. B) Type. C) Typing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Typed. 4. True or False:In the phrase 'a broken toy, ' the word 'broken' is a participle acting as an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Complete the sentence: ..... for the bus, we saw a car accident. A) Waited. B) Have waited. C) Waiting. D) To wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waiting. 6. Which sentence contains a correctly placed participial phrase? A) Running fast, the finish line was crossed by the athlete. B) The athlete crossed the finish line running fast. C) Running fast, the athlete crossed the finish line. D) The finish line was crossed running fast by the athlete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running fast, the athlete crossed the finish line. 7. Identify the participle in the following sentence:Given all the facts, we reached our decision quickly A) Given. B) Given all the facts. C) There is no participle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Given. 8. The rescuers are trying hard to save the ..... child in the river. A) Drown. B) Drowed. C) Drowning. D) Drowned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drowning. 9. What is the past participle of "volunteer" A) Volunteered. B) Volunteering. C) Volunteerid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volunteered. 10. ..... that it was useless to argue with him, I dropped the subject A) Having been seen. B) See. C) Seeing. D) Having seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seeing. 11. Which sentence contains a past participle used correctly? A) The bake bread smells great. B) The bakes bread smells great. C) The baking bread smells great. D) The baked bread smells great. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The baked bread smells great. 12. Any car parked illegally will be towed immediately. Identify the participial phrase. A) Parked illegally. B) Will be towed immediately. C) Any car parked. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parked illegally. 13. Facing college standards, the students realized that they hadn't worked hard enough in high school. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 14. What is the past participle of "dance" A) Danced. B) Dancing. C) Dancid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danced. 15. What is the past participle of:put A) Putt. B) Put. C) Puted. D) Putted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put. 16. He's never ..... me for that misunderstanding. A) Forgived. B) Forgave. C) Forgive. D) Forgiven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgiven. 17. She is ..... (frighten) of her math teacher. She thinks her math teacher is ..... (frighten). A) Frightened, frightened. B) Frightened, frightening. C) Frightening, frightening. D) Frightening, frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened, frightening. 18. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing. A) The lake, frozen. B) Was finally. C) Frozen over all winter. D) Thawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frozen over all winter. 19. Describe the participle in the following sentence:The crying baby was hungry. A) Was hungry; past participle. B) Crying; present participle. C) Was hungry; present participle. D) Crying; past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crying; present participle. 20. The jacket was covered by dragons flying through the night sky. A) Covered by dragons. B) Flying through the night sky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covered by dragons. 21. What is the participle in the following sentence:Braking too late, Judy hit the car in front of her. A) Hit. B) Judy. C) Car. D) Braking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Braking. 22. Which of the following is a participle phrase? 'Running quickly, the athlete crossed the finish line.' A) The athlete. B) Running quickly. C) Crossed. D) The finish line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly. 23. The Halls are moving away. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 24. What is the past participle of "know" A) Known. B) Knows. C) Knowed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Known. 25. What is the Past Participle of build?Ms. Dominguez would have ..... a new desk, but she is not good at taking measurements. A) Built. B) Builded. C) Build. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 26. Participles are a type of verbal that function as a/an ..... in the sentence. A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 27. Which word is a participle in this sentence:'The crying baby finally fell asleep.' A) Crying. B) Baby. C) Finally. D) Asleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying. 28. Which sentence correctly places the participial phrase to avoid confusion? A) Covered in cheese and pepperoni, my dad brought me the pizza. B) My dad brought me the pizza covered in cheese and pepperoni. C) My dad, covered in cheese and pepperoni, brought me the pizza. D) The pizza was brought to me by my dad covered in cheese and pepperoni. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My dad brought me the pizza covered in cheese and pepperoni. 29. The boat is sinking. A) Present part. B) Infinitive. C) Past part. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present part. 30. Identify the participial phrase.Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm. A) Quickly licked the ice cream. B) Licked the ice cream. C) Dripping down his arm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dripping down his arm. 31. When describing feelings and emotions, we use past participles to express ..... A) How a feeling happens. B) How to feel somebody. C) How somebody feels. D) Somebody that cause a particular feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How somebody feels. 32. Cleaning my new house is such a ( ..... ) job! I think I'll have a rest! A) Tiring. B) Tired. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiring. 33. Which part of this sentence is the participial phrase? 'The student, tapping his pen on the desk, annoyed his neighbor.' A) Annoyed his neighbor. B) On the desk. C) Tapping his pen on the desk. D) The student. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tapping his pen on the desk. 34. I felt ..... when I saw that my house was still standing. A) Relieve. B) Relieved. C) Relieving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relieved. 35. She bent down and looked at the tiny kitten ..... under the table A) Sitting. B) Having been sat. C) Having sat. D) Are sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitting. 36. Identify the participial phrase. A) Placing the cookies. B) Placing the cookies in the oven. C) Burned his arm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing the cookies in the oven. 37. Mr. Ackerman built a new house. A) Past. B) Past Part. C) Infinitive. D) Present Part. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 38. Choose the Past Participle of SEND A) Sent. B) Sended. C) Sending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sent. 39. What is the past participle of "collect" A) Collected. B) Collecting. C) Collects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collected. 40. Complete the sentence using a perfect participle to show the first action was completed before the second: ..... all the chores, we were allowed to play video games. A) Finished. B) To finish. C) Having finished. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having finished. 41. What is the infinitive in the following sentence:I like to run. A) Like. B) I. C) To run. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To run. 42. Weather ..... , we will start tomorrow. A) Permits. B) Permitting. C) Is permitting. D) Will permit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permitting. 43. The butterfly fluttering near the daisy is a monarch. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 44. The sentence 'The crying baby needs a nap.' uses the participle correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Mr. President is ..... with his whole staff. A) Meeting. B) To meet. C) Met. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Met. 46. The ..... toast was still on the table. A) Burning. B) Burnt. C) Burns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burnt. 47. Identify the participle in the following sentence:'The crying baby finally fell asleep.' A) Crying. B) Baby. C) Finally. D) Asleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying. 48. Choose the best way to correct this sentence:'Having forgotten the password, the computer would not unlock.' A) The computer would not unlock, having forgotten the password. B) Having forgotten the password, I could not unlock the computer. C) The computer, having forgotten the password, would not unlock. D) The password was forgotten, so the computer would not unlock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having forgotten the password, I could not unlock the computer. 49. Identify the participle(s).Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the warm house. A) Couple. B) Warm. C) Shivering. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shivering. 50. Choose the Past Participle of FILL A) Filled. B) Filling. C) Filed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filled. 51. Identify the word being modified by the participle.Jim was a trained guide for the national park. A) Guide. B) Jim. C) Park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guide. 52. My job is very ( ..... ); I am ( ..... ) when helping people. A) Satisfying, satisfied. B) Satisfied, satisfying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satisfying, satisfied. 53. When ..... to explain his mistake, the new employee cleared his throat nervously. A) To be asked. B) To be asking. C) Asked. D) Asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked. 54. Identify the participle(s) in the following sentence: "The exhausted runner collapsed at the finish line." A) Runner. B) Finish. C) Collapsed. D) Exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exhausted. 55. Complete the sentence: ..... the weather, we decided to cancel the picnic. A) Seen. B) Sees. C) Seeing. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seeing. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesParticiples Quiz 1Participles Quiz 2Participles Quiz 3Participles Quiz 4Participles Quiz 5Participles Quiz 6Participles Quiz 7Participles Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books