This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses. A) Evangeline. B) Compartment. C) Sunglasses. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evangeline. 2. Which of these sentences contains a participle? A) The dog is brown. B) The dog barked loudly. C) The dog will bark. D) The barking dog ran down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The barking dog ran down the street. 3. 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. 4. Present Participles function as ..... in sentences. A) Subject or object. B) Adjective or adverb. C) Verbs. D) Action words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective or adverb. 5. 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) Soccer. C) Having grown faint from thirst. D) Gratefully accepted the cold oranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having grown faint from thirst. 6. Which sentence correctly uses a participle phrase? A) Chased the cat by the dog, a tree climbed. B) The cat chased the dog climbed tree. C) The dog chasing by the cat, a tree climbed. D) The cat, chased by the dog, climbed a tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cat, chased by the dog, climbed a tree. 7. Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling participle: "Baking in the oven, the aroma of cookies filled the kitchen." A) The aroma of cookies filled the kitchen as they baked in the oven. B) Baking in the oven, I smelled the aroma of cookies filling the kitchen. C) As the cookies baked in the oven, the aroma filled the kitchen. D) The aroma of cookies baking in the oven filled the kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As the cookies baked in the oven, the aroma filled the kitchen. 8. Which of these words is a past participle? A) Jumps. B) Jump. C) Jumped. D) Jumping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumped. 9. Complete the sentence:The ..... wind howled all night. A) Howled. B) Howling. C) Howls. D) Howl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Howling. 10. 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. 11. The present participle of climb is A) Clim. B) Climbs. C) Climbing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbing. 12. Complete the sentence:The ..... car was parked in the driveway. A) Washing. B) Washed. C) Washes. D) Wash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washed. 13. In which sentence is the word 'studying' used as a participle? A) The students studying in the library were very quiet. B) Studying is the key to getting good grades. C) She is studying for her science test. D) My brother will be studying abroad next year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students studying in the library were very quiet. 14. Which sentence correctly fixes the misplaced modifier? 'I gave a cookie to the dog that was wrapped in foil.' A) I gave a cookie wrapped in foil to the dog. B) Wrapped in foil, I gave a cookie to the dog. C) I gave a cookie to the dog wrapped in foil. D) The dog was given a cookie from me wrapped in foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I gave a cookie wrapped in foil to the dog. 15. They've ..... for a long time. A) Working. B) Worked. C) Work. D) To work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 16. Complete the sentence:I was so ..... by the long, slow movie that I almost fell asleep. A) Bores. B) Bored. C) Bore. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bored. 17. Identify the past participle in the sentence:Sarah noticed her sister walking along the shoreline. A) Walking. B) Noticed. C) Walking along. D) Shoreline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noticed. 18. Complete the sentence:The movie, ..... by everyone, was a huge success. A) Enjoying. B) Enjoyed. C) Enjoy. D) Enjoyable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoyed. 19. Choose which sentence contains a past particle. A) We have eaten excellent food in Japan. B) We ate excellent food in Japan. C) We has eaten excellent food in Japan. D) We have ate excellent food in Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We have eaten excellent food in Japan. 20. Choose the Past Participle of PLAY A) Played. B) Plied. C) Playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 21. Identify the participle in the following sentence:The broken vase lay on the floor. A) Broken. B) Floor. C) Vase. D) Lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken. 22. In the sentence, 'The girl reading a book didn't notice me, ' what is the complete participial phrase? A) A book. B) Reading a book. C) Didn't notice me. D) The girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading a book. 23. Which of the following is a participle in this sentence:The barking dog chased the mailman. A) Barking. B) Chased. C) Dog. D) Mailman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barking. 24. Which word is a participle in the sentence:'The singing birds woke me up early.'? A) Woke. B) Early. C) Singing. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing. 25. 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. 26. 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) Finished. B) Having finished. C) Finishing. D) To finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having finished. 27. Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling participle: "Reading the book, the plot was intriguing." A) The plot was intriguing, reading the book. B) As I read the book, the plot was intriguing. C) The plot was intriguing as I read the book. D) Reading the book, I found the plot intriguing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading the book, I found the plot intriguing. 28. Complete the sentence:The ..... leaves covered the ground. A) Fallen. B) Fall. C) Falling. D) Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fallen. 29. In the sentence 'The broken vase lay on the floor, ' what role does 'broken' play? A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 30. The cat was ..... (call) by me. It slowly came over to me. A) Calling. B) Called. C) Calls. D) Call. 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