This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is used to show an on-going action. A) Past participle. B) Perfect participle. C) Past perfect. D) Present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present participle. 2. A participle can be used as an adjective in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Describe the participle in the following sentence:The exciting game lasted two extra innings. A) Exciting; past participle. B) Lasted; past participle. C) Lasted; present participle. D) Exciting; present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exciting; present participle. 4. Identify the participle phrase in this sentence:'Exhausted from the long hike, Jan fell asleep immediately.' A) Fell asleep. B) Jan. C) Exhausted from the long hike. D) Immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhausted from the long hike. 5. In which sentence does the participle modify the wrong noun? A) The man eating the sandwich was happy. B) The painted canvas hung on the wall. C) The dog barking loudly disturbed the neighbors. D) She found her keys lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She found her keys lost. 6. Cal gave a stirring speech. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 7. Since ..... his new business, Bob has been working 16 hours a day. A) Of opening. B) Opened. C) Opening. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opening. 8. What is the participle in the following sentence:Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower. A) Flower. B) Sadly. C) Smiled. D) Wilting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wilting. 9. Told is the past participle of ..... A) Tolding. B) Told. C) Telling. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tell. 10. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST PARTICIPLEforget A) Forget. B) Forgot. C) Forgetted. D) Forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgotten. 11. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.Lisping, the child told us about the Tooth Fairy. A) Told. B) About. C) Tooth. D) Lisping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lisping. 12. Her great love is acting. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 13. ..... the film at least a dozen times, he knew it almost by heart A) Saw. B) Seeing. C) Having seen. D) Having been seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having seen. 14. I wonder what Doctor Brown thinks of the medical problem ..... now. A) Discuss. B) Having been discussed. C) Discussing. D) Being discussed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being discussed. 15. It was a really ( ..... ) program. A) Interested. B) Interesting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interesting. 16. Complete the sentence:The ..... stars twinkled in the night sky. A) Shine. B) Shone. C) Shining. D) Shines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shining. 17. What is the past participle of brew A) Brewde. B) Brwed. C) Brewed. D) Breewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brewed. 18. Which of these words is a past participle of an irregular verb? A) Talks. B) Walked. C) Playing. D) Written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Written. 19. True or False:A participle is a verb form that can be used as an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.We sat and listened to the pounding waves and the cry of seagulls. A) Pounding. B) Listened. C) Waves. D) Cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pounding. 21. True or False:Both present and past participles can be used as adjectives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. True or False:A participle can only be used as a verb in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. The crying boy angered by the bully began to fight. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 24. Which of the following sentences uses a participle as an adjective? A) Crying is a natural response. B) He cried loudly. C) To cry is human. D) The crying baby was hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The crying baby was hungry. 25. The sobbing child held his injured knee. A) Child. B) Sobbing, injured. C) Sobbing. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sobbing, injured. 26. In 'The painted fence looks beautiful', 'painted' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Choose the Past Participle of log A) Logged. B) Loged. C) Loging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logged. 28. Someone has ..... you flowers again! A) Brang. B) Bring. C) Bringed. D) Brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brought. 29. I have written three sentences. A) Past part. B) Infinitive. C) Present part. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past part. 30. Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.In the kitchen, the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of back, two coffees and two cool glasses of milk. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 31. Identify the past participle in this sentence:'The broken vase was on the floor.' A) Broken. B) Was. C) Floor. D) Vase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken. 32. The word 'running' can only be used as a verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST PARTICIPLEcost A) Costen. B) Costed. C) Cost. D) Costing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost. 34. I can't believe he stole that! A) Present part. B) Past. C) Past part. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past. 35. Choose the sentence where the participle phrase is used correctly. A) The athlete, running quickly, crossed the finish line. B) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by the athlete. C) Running quickly, the athlete crossed the finish line. D) The finish line was crossed by the athlete running quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running quickly, the athlete crossed the finish line. 36. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.4. I, having auditioned yesterday, waited for the results. A) Waited for the results. B) For the results. C) Auditioned yesterday. D) Having auditioned yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having auditioned yesterday. 37. What is the participle in the following sentence:Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration. A) Jumped. B) Wildly. C) Enjoying. D) Threw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoying. 38. True or False:A participial phrase should be placed as close as possible to the word it describes to avoid confusion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. Which of these sentences uses a participle as part of a verb tense? A) The broken glass was dangerous. B) She has finished her homework. C) The barking dog was annoying. D) The painted wall looked fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has finished her homework. 40. Gathering my courage, I asked for a temporary loan. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 41. What is the past participle of "study" A) Studied. B) Studyed. C) Studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studied. 42. The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the surging water. A) Struggled. B) Drowning, surging. C) Drowning, struggled. D) Drowning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drowning, surging. 43. Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.The key witness, protected by two guards, has arrived. A) Arrived. B) Key. C) Protected by two guards. D) By two guards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protected by two guards. 44. Identify the participle in the following sentence:'The frightened cat climbed the tree.' A) Cat. B) Frightened. C) Climbed. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened. 45. Complete the sentence:The ..... dog wouldn't stop chasing its tail. A) Plays. B) Play. C) Played. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Playing. 46. Determine what the Participle is:Having played sports in the past, Jim knew the importance of stretching first. A) Having played sports. B) Knew the importance of stretching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having played sports. 47. Which one among the following has the same present and past participle forms? A) Awake. B) Tell. C) Run. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run. 48. Identify the error in the sentence: "Flying over the city, the buildings looked like toys." A) Subject-verb agreement. B) Incorrect verb tense. C) Dangling participle. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangling participle. 49. Complete the sentence with the participle:The ..... dog barked loudly. A) Barked. B) Barking. C) Bark. D) Barks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barking. 50. What's the Past Participle of save? A) Saved. B) Savered. C) Saven. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saved. 51. The word 'eaten' in 'The eaten apple was rotten' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. We've ..... them some money to buy a new house. A) Len. B) Lent. C) Lend. D) Lended. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lent. 53. Complete the sentence with the correct participle:The ..... window let in a cool breeze. A) Opens. B) Opening. C) Open. D) Opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open. 54. Choose the Past Participle of TURN A) Turned. B) Turning. C) Turnned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned. 55. Which sentence correctly uses a participle to describe a noun? A) The bird song is colorful. B) The singing bird is colorful. C) The bird sing is colorful. D) The song of the bird is colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The singing bird is colorful. 56. What is the past participle of "live" A) Lived. B) Living. C) Lives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived. 57. ..... from Brazil, he is not used to such cold weather. A) Having come. B) Coming. C) Having came. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming. 58. Choose the sentence with the correct participle usage: "Swimming in the lake, the fish darted around." A) The fish darted around, swimming in the lake. B) Swimming in the lake, I saw the fish darting around. C) The fish darted around as I was swimming in the lake. D) As I swam in the lake, the fish darted around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming in the lake, I saw the fish darting around. 59. ..... sick, Sam left school early. A) Feeling. B) Fallen. C) Having Feeling. D) Felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling. 60. ..... control of his car on an icy road, the driver hit a tree A) Having lost. B) Losing. C) Being lost. D) To loose. 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