This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She couldn't get up early the next day after the ..... (tire) trip. A) Tiring. B) Tired. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiring. 2. Complete the sentence:After watching the scary movie, I had a ..... feeling that someone was following me. A) Frightens. B) Frighten. C) Frightened. D) Frightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frightening. 3. Which participial phrase best completes the sentence? ..... , Eiad humbled himself and apologized Eyad. He knew that his words had offended his twin brother. A) Having realized his mistake,. B) Lacking the courage to humble himself,. C) Having been forgiven,. D) Forced by his parents,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having realized his mistake,. 4. Identify the participial phrase.Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk. A) Placing her money. B) Placing her money on the counter. C) Smiled at the clerk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing her money on the counter. 5. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. A) Raced to the mailbox. B) Expecting good news. C) Good news. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expecting good news. 6. Who is pitching today? A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 7. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST PARTICIPLEsend A) Sended. B) Sending. C) Sent. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sent. 8. Which of the following sentences contains a participle? A) They played soccer after school. B) The broken vase lay on the floor. C) The dog barked loudly. D) She is reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The broken vase lay on the floor. 9. Identify the participle in the sentence:'The broken vase was on the floor.' A) Floor. B) Vase. C) Broken. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 10. What is the past participle of:bring A) Bring. B) Bough. C) Brought. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brought. 11. Present and past participle can funtion as ..... A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 12. Why is the following sentence grammatically awkward? "Running for the bus, the backpack fell off my shoulder." A) The sentence should use the past tense verb 'ran'. B) The backpack cannot run, so the modifier is 'dangling'. C) A comma is not needed after 'bus'. D) The word 'running' is a gerund, not a participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The backpack cannot run, so the modifier is 'dangling'. 13. Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence:It was the worst hurricane in recorded history to reach our town. A) Recorded history. B) Recorded. C) In recorded history. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recorded. 14. What is described as "Sitting up uncomfortably" in the following sentence:Sitting up uncomfortably, Joe tried to get some sleep. A) Sleep. B) Joe. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe. 15. I heard them ..... in the next room A) Quarreling. B) Quarrel. C) Having quarreled. D) Quarreled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quarreling. 16. Correct the dangling participle in the following sentence: "Hiking the trail, the birds were singing." A) Hiking, the trail was singing with birds. B) Hiking the trail, I heard the birds singing. C) As we were hiking the trail, we heard singing trees with birds. D) The birds were singing, hiking the trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hiking the trail, I heard the birds singing. 17. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey. A) Sweeping across the night sky,. B) The bats hunted. C) Their prey. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeping across the night sky,. 18. What is the past participle of:sell A) Selled. B) Sell. C) Seel. D) Sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sold. 19. ..... (Have eat) so much yummy bread, I was full up. A) Have eating. B) Have eaten. C) Had eaten. D) Having eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having eaten. 20. True or False:In 'The smiling child waved to her friends, ' 'smiling' is a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Identify the participle in the sentence and tell what word it is modifying.James kicked the ball and it landed on a frozen lake. A) Frozen is the participle modifying the word lake. B) Kicked is the participle modifying the word ball. C) Frozen is the participle modifying the word ball. D) Kicked is the participle modifying the word James. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen is the participle modifying the word lake. 22. Determine what the Participle Phrase is:Hidden from view, the man saw the boy who tore down the sign. A) Hidden from view. B) Saw the boy. C) Tore down the sign. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hidden from view. 23. I ..... do my English homework. A) Must. B) Could. C) Might. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 24. Participles can only be used as adjectives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Identify the participle in this sentence:The laughing child played in the park. A) Park. B) Laughing. C) Child. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughing. 26. Complete the sentence with the correct participle:The ..... cake was delicious. A) Baked. B) Bakes. C) Bake. D) Baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baked. 27. What is the participle in the following sentence:The horse, trotting up to the fence, hopes that you have an apple or carrot. A) Hopes. B) Carrot. C) Trotting. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trotting. 28. ..... down from the tree, the monkey could see many people. A) Looking. B) Looks. C) Looked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking. 29. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.A fluttering white flag appeared in the distance. A) White. B) Flag. C) Appeared. D) Fluttering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fluttering. 30. The root word of 'ran' is ..... A) Running. B) Run. C) Runs. D) Ran. 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