This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:The ..... storm caused a lot of damage. A) Approach. B) Approaches. C) Approaching. D) Approached. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Approaching. 2. The thief abandoned the ..... car near the hospital. A) Stealing. B) Steals. C) Stolen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stolen. 3. Complete the sentence: ..... by the noise, the cat hid under the bed. A) Frightened. B) Frighten. C) Frightens. D) Frightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightened. 4. While engrossed in reading books about history, she discovered a passion for learning about the past. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 5. Participles can only be used in the past tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Jame is always doing gross things, he is A) Disgusting. B) Disgusted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disgusting. 7. We should always drink ..... water to avoid getting sick. A) Boil. B) Boilt. C) Boiling. D) Boiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boiled. 8. Choose the Past Participle of UPLOAD A) Uploaded. B) Uploading. C) Uploadded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uploaded. 9. Complete the sentence:The laptop ..... on the table belongs to my brother. A) Sitting. B) Sat. C) Sits. D) Sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitting. 10. Complete the sentence:The ..... leaves crunched under our feet. A) Fallen. B) Falling. C) Fell. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fallen. 11. Which sentence includes a correctly used participle phrase? A) Driven she by passion, won the competition. B) Driven by passion, she won the competition. C) Passion by driven, she the competition won. D) She driven by passion won the competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driven by passion, she won the competition. 12. The cup ..... with milk stood on the table. A) Filled. B) Having fill. C) Filling. D) Having filled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filled. 13. In the sentence, "The cheering crowd waved signs at the parade, " which word is the participle? A) Cheering. B) Crowd. C) Waved. D) Parade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheering. 14. Identify the participle in the sentence:'Exhausted, the runner crossed the finish line.' A) Finish. B) Crossed. C) Runner. D) Exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exhausted. 15. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:Covered in mud, the dog was happy. A) Covered in mud. B) Was happy. C) In mud. D) The dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covered in mud. 16. Identify the participle in the sentence.I did not want to eat the burned potatoes that my mother cooked. A) Want. B) Mother. C) Cooked. D) Burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burned. 17. Translate:portans A) Having been carried. B) Carrying. C) Going to carry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carrying. 18. Complete the sentence:The ..... child was excited to see the parade. A) Smiles. B) Smiled. C) Smile. D) Smiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smiling. 19. Identify the participle in the sentence:The girls were sitting very properly. A) No participle. B) Properly. C) Very. D) Sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No participle. 20. Participles act like ..... A) Nouns. B) Verbs. C) Adverbs. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjectives. 21. What is the formula to identify infinitives in a sentence? A) To + an adjective. B) To + an adverb. C) To + a noun. D) To + a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To + a verb. 22. The lady ..... in black is her mom. A) In dress. B) Is dressing. C) Dressing. D) Dressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dressing. 23. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) The water drained slowly. B) Slowly in the pipe clogged. C) Clogged with dog hair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clogged with dog hair. 24. I thought he was an ..... leader. I just found out that he always gets entrusted to lead and train new engineers every year. A) Inexperienced. B) Inexperiencing. C) Experiencing. D) Experienced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inexperienced. 25. Choose the sentence where the participle is used incorrectly. A) The baked cake smells delicious. B) The flown bird is beautiful. C) The flying bird is beautiful. D) The chosen book was interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The flown bird is beautiful. 26. What is the BEST way to combine the following sentences:Sergio read a book. Sergio lost track of time. A) Sergio read a book while losing track of time. B) Reading a book, Sergio lost track of time. C) Sergio while reading lost track of book time. D) Because of reading, Sergio lost track of time in a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading a book, Sergio lost track of time. 27. True or False:The word 'smiling' in 'Smiling, she walked into the room' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. A miser hates spending his money. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 29. Which sentence corrects the error in the following sentence? 'I saw a bird building a nest with my binoculars.' A) With my binoculars, I saw a bird building a nest. B) I saw a bird with my binoculars building a nest. C) Building a nest, I saw a bird with my binoculars. D) The sentence is already correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With my binoculars, I saw a bird building a nest. 30. What is the infinitive in the following sentence:I want to sing as loud as I can at the concert. A) I want. B) Concert. C) To sing. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sing. 31. What is the participle in the following sentence?The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks. A) Waterfall. B) Rocks. C) Over. D) Cascading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cascading. 32. Identify the type of participle in the following sentence:Chopping the carrots quickly, the chef finished the stew A) Present participle. B) Past participle. C) Both. D) There is no participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present participle. 33. Participles look like what? A) To + verb. B) ONLY end in-ing. C) End in-ing AND-ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End in-ing AND-ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings. 34. In the sentence 'The sparkling stars lit up the night, ' the word 'sparkling' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. The Natural History Museum in London is ..... ! You should definitely visit it! A) Amazed. B) Amaze. C) Amazing. D) Being amazed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amazing. 36. Identify the gerund(s).Blowing bubbles on a windy day is a fun activity for children. A) Bubbles. B) Activity. C) Blowing. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blowing. 37. There are only five minutes left. It's impossible for the ..... team to turn this match around. A) Lost. B) Losing. C) Losting. D) Losed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Losing. 38. Which sentence uses a participle as an adjective to describe a noun? A) The team celebrated after the game. B) The winning team celebrated wildly. C) The team is winning the game. D) To win is the team's only goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The winning team celebrated wildly. 39. Jenny looked up and saw her husband ..... at her reflection in the mirror A) Is looking. B) Looking. C) Looks. D) Having looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looking. 40. True or False:It is okay to place a participial phrase far away from the noun it describes. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. True or False:In the sentence 'The baked cookies smelled delicious, ' the word 'baked' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. What is the infinitive in the following sentence:Do you want to go to the mall with me today? A) To go. B) To the. C) Mall. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 43. What is the function of the participle in this sentence? 'The smiling child waved at the crowd.' A) It acts as a noun. B) It acts as an adverb. C) It acts as a verb. D) It acts as an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It acts as an adjective. 44. It's ..... (surprise) how many people don't want to travel to another country. A) Surprised. B) Surprising. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surprising. 45. They were ..... by the noise coming from their neighbours' house. A) Annoy. B) Being annoying. C) Annoyed. D) Annoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyed. 46. Determine what the Participle is:I watched the dog charging toward me. A) Watched. B) Charging. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charging. 47. Complete the sentence:The ..... leaves fell to the ground. A) Falling. B) Fallen. C) Fell. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fallen. 48. Identify the word being modified by the participle. The dog wearing the red collar is very kind. A) Dog. B) Red collar. C) Kind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog. 49. ..... (Have) a cup of coffee is so ..... (relax) after a long day. A) Had, relaxed. B) Having, relaxing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having, relaxing. 50. My Maths teacher told me that my test result is not that ..... A) Worring. B) Worrying. C) Worried. D) Worryed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worrying. 51. Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.Asking questions is a whole lot easier than answering them. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 52. I've ..... out the rug, but it's still dirty. A) Shaken. B) Shook. C) Shaked. D) Shake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaken. 53. What is the Past Participle of 'Awake'? A) Awoke. B) Awaken. C) Awoken. D) Awaeken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awaken. 54. Look! Can you see the ..... tree over there? I think we have to call the firemen. A) Burnning. B) Burned. C) Burnned. D) Burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning. 55. True or False:A participial phrase always has to be at the beginning of a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. Which word has the same past and past participle? A) Run. B) Awake. C) Tell. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell. 57. Which word best completes this sentence:' ..... by the movie, they decided to leave early.' A) Bored. B) Boring. C) Bores. D) Bore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bored. 58. Complete the sentence: ..... by the noise, she woke up. A) Frightened. B) Frightening. C) Frights. D) Frighten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightened. 59. Has the door bell ..... yet? I am expecting a package from Amazon. A) Ring. B) Rang. C) Rung. D) Ringed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rung. 60. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out. A) Answers. B) Patrick. C) Test. 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