This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the Past Participle of PUBLISH A) Published. B) Publishing. C) Publish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Published. 2. What's the Past Participle of see? A) Saw. B) Seed. C) Seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seen. 3. ..... you to the job, he felt calm. A) Appoint. B) Having appointed. C) To appoint. D) Appointed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having appointed. 4. In the sentence, "Startled by the loud noise, the cat jumped, " what noun does the participial phrase "Startled by the loud noise" describe? A) Noise. B) Cat. C) Jumped. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat. 5. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.Disgusted, his mother glowered at the mess. A) Mess. B) Disgusted. C) Mother. D) Glowered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disgusted. 6. Identify the complete participial phrase in this sentence:'The girl sitting by the window waved to her friend.' A) Sitting by the window. B) The girl. C) By the window. D) Waved to her friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitting by the window. 7. I'm not ..... my last bills. A) Paid. B) Pay off. C) To pay off. D) Paying off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paying off. 8. What is the infinitive in the following sentence:When Kathy's arms got tired, Robert decided to row. A) When Kathy's. B) Robert decided. C) To row. D) Decided to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To row. 9. In the sentence, 'The window, cracked by the baseball, needed to be replaced, ' what is the participle? A) Window. B) Cracked. C) Replaced. D) Needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cracked. 10. What's the Past Participle of visit? A) Visited. B) Visit. C) Visiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visited. 11. Identify the error in the sentence: "Driving through the mountains, the scenery was breathtaking." A) Subject-verb agreement. B) Dangling participle. C) Misplaced modifier. D) Incorrect verb tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling participle. 12. Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.We saw a clown standing on his head. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 13. I was ..... by the accident A) Shocked. B) Shocking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shocked. 14. Complete the sentence:The ..... car was parked outside. A) Driving. B) Driven. C) Red. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driven. 15. At first, they were ..... (interest) in ..... (dance). A) Interesting, dance. B) Interested, dancing. C) Interesting, dancing. D) Interested, danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interested, dancing. 16. The dog has ..... for almost 5 hours. A) Barked. B) Bark. C) To bark. D) Barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barked. 17. Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence: A) Accepted. B) Accepted the trophy. C) Smiling the winner. D) Smiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smiling. 18. Portia was her first acting role. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 19. Identify the participial phrase in this sentence:'Excited about the trip, she packed her bags quickly.' A) Her bags quickly. B) The trip. C) Excited about the trip. D) She packed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excited about the trip. 20. Complete the sentence with the correct participle: ..... with excitement, she couldn't wait for her birthday. A) Fills. B) Fill. C) Filled. D) Filling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filled. 21. I watched an ..... movie about American history last night. A) Interesting. B) Interested. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interesting. 22. Identify the participle(s).Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground. A) Levitating. B) Surprised. C) Defying. D) Defying, levitating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defying. 23. Describe the participle in the following sentence:The children refused to eat the burned toast. A) Refused; past participle. B) Burned; present participle. C) Burned; past participle. D) Refused; present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burned; past participle. 24. The ..... child was like me at that age. A) Excitement. B) Excited. C) Excite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited. 25. Complete the sentence with the correctly punctuated introductory phrase: ..... Marco realized they were in his other backpack. A) Searching for his keys,. B) Searching for his keys. C) To search for his keys,. D) He was searching for his keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Searching for his keys,. 26. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses. A) Evangeline. B) Compartment. C) Looked. D) Sunglasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evangeline. 27. Which of these sentences contains a participle? A) The dog will bark. B) The barking dog ran down the street. C) The dog is brown. D) The dog barked loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The barking dog ran down the street. 28. Lucinda had a calling to help other people. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 29. Present Participles function as ..... in sentences. A) Subject or object. B) Verbs. C) Action words. D) Adjective or adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective or adverb. 30. Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.The soccer players, having grown faint from thirst, gratefully accepted the cold oranges. A) Accepted the cold oranges. B) Gratefully accepted the cold oranges. C) Soccer. D) Having grown faint from thirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having grown faint from thirst. 31. Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling participle: "Baking in the oven, the aroma of cookies filled the kitchen." A) As the cookies baked in the oven, the aroma filled the kitchen. B) The aroma of cookies baking in the oven filled the kitchen. C) The aroma of cookies filled the kitchen as they baked in the oven. D) Baking in the oven, I smelled the aroma of cookies filling the kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As the cookies baked in the oven, the aroma filled the kitchen. 32. Which of these words is a past participle? A) Jumping. B) Jumps. C) Jump. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jumped. 33. Complete the sentence:The ..... wind howled all night. A) Howls. B) Howled. C) Howl. D) Howling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Howling. 34. Identify the participles in the following sentence:Battered and bruised, the man won the boxing match. A) Battered. B) Bruised. C) Boxing. D) Battered and bruised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Battered and bruised. 35. The present participle of climb is A) Clim. B) Climbs. C) Climbing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbing. 36. I find horror films really ( ..... ) and not at all fun to watch. A) Frightening. B) Frightened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightening. 37. Complete the sentence:The ..... car was parked in the driveway. A) Washed. B) Washing. C) Wash. D) Washes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washed. 38. In which sentence is the word 'studying' used as a participle? A) She is studying for her science test. B) The students studying in the library were very quiet. C) My brother will be studying abroad next year. D) Studying is the key to getting good grades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students studying in the library were very quiet. 39. Which sentence correctly fixes the misplaced modifier? 'I gave a cookie to the dog that was wrapped in foil.' A) Wrapped in foil, I gave a cookie to the dog. B) I gave a cookie wrapped in foil to the dog. C) The dog was given a cookie from me wrapped in foil. D) I gave a cookie to the dog wrapped in foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I gave a cookie wrapped in foil to the dog. 40. They've ..... for a long time. A) Work. B) Worked. C) To work. D) Working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 41. Complete the sentence:I was so ..... by the long, slow movie that I almost fell asleep. A) Bore. B) Bored. C) Boring. D) Bores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bored. 42. Identify the past participle in the sentence:Sarah noticed her sister walking along the shoreline. A) Walking along. B) Walking. C) Noticed. D) Shoreline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noticed. 43. Complete the sentence:The movie, ..... by everyone, was a huge success. A) Enjoying. B) Enjoyed. C) Enjoyable. D) Enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoyed. 44. Choose which sentence contains a past particle. A) We has eaten excellent food in Japan. B) We have ate excellent food in Japan. C) We ate excellent food in Japan. D) We have eaten excellent food in Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We have eaten excellent food in Japan. 45. Choose the Past Participle of PLAY A) Played. B) Plied. C) Playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 46. Identify the participle in the following sentence:The broken vase lay on the floor. A) Lay. B) Floor. C) Vase. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broken. 47. In the sentence, 'The girl reading a book didn't notice me, ' what is the complete participial phrase? A) The girl. B) Reading a book. C) A book. D) Didn't notice me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading a book. 48. Which of the following is a participle in this sentence:The barking dog chased the mailman. A) Mailman. B) Chased. C) Dog. D) Barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barking. 49. Which word is a participle in the sentence:'The singing birds woke me up early.'? A) Woke. B) Early. C) Birds. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singing. 50. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct:'Having finished my homework, the TV was turned on.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Complete the sentence with the phrase that best shows the first action was completed before the second one started: ..... all his chores, Marco was allowed to play video games. A) Having finished. B) Finishing. C) Finished. D) To finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having finished. 52. Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling participle: "Reading the book, the plot was intriguing." A) Reading the book, I found the plot intriguing. B) The plot was intriguing, reading the book. C) The plot was intriguing as I read the book. D) As I read the book, the plot was intriguing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading the book, I found the plot intriguing. 53. Complete the sentence:The ..... leaves covered the ground. A) Fallen. B) Fall. C) Falling. D) Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fallen. 54. In the sentence 'The broken vase lay on the floor, ' what role does 'broken' play? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 55. The cat was ..... (call) by me. It slowly came over to me. A) Calling. B) Called. C) Calls. D) Call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Called. 56. The audience are all ..... after watching the latest horror film in the cinema. A) Frightening. B) Frighten. C) Frightened. D) Frightenning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frightened. 57. What is the past participle of "play" A) Played. B) Playing. C) Plays. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 58. Thank you so much for the ( ..... ) prize! I'm ( ..... ) to receive it! A) Thrilling, thrilled. B) Thrilled, thrilling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thrilling, thrilled. 59. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.Drizzling rain kept us all in the house. A) House. B) Rain. C) Kept. D) Drizzling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drizzling. 60. Identify the participle in the following sentence:*The ..... shining ..... stars lit up the night sky.* A) Lit. B) Night. C) Shining. D) Stars. 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