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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Yesterday I ..... (watch) some sheep ..... (graze) on the meadow. A) Watch, graze. B) Watched, grazing. C) Watching, grazing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched, grazing. 2. True or False:The sentence 'Looking out the window, the birds were chirping beautifully' contains a dangling participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Bill and I are ..... on buying a new house. A) Plan. B) Planned. C) Planning. D) To plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planning. 4. The customers was not ..... with the service of the restaurant. A) Satisfing. B) Satisfied. C) Satisfyed. D) Satisfying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satisfied. 5. Which word is a participle?The man, burnt over seventy percent of his body, was rushed to a hospital in Denver. A) Rushed. B) Burnt. C) The man. D) Rushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burnt. 6. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Running through the park, she felt free and happy.' A) Running through the park. B) She felt free. C) Felt free and happy. D) Through the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running through the park. 7. Went is the past tense of ..... A) Move. B) Awake. C) Go. D) Come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go. 8. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.1. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. A) Good news. B) Raced. C) Raced to the mailbox. D) Expecting good news. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expecting good news. 9. Identify the participial phrase.My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink. A) Asked me to wash the dishes. B) Piling up in the sink. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piling up in the sink. 10. Which word does the participle "experienced" describe in the following sentence:The experienced skateboarder performed many tricks for the audience. A) Tricks. B) Audience. C) Skateboarder. D) Performed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skateboarder. 11. Correct the dangling participle in the sentence: "Jogging in the park, the flowers were blooming beautifully." A) Jogging in the park, I saw the flowers blooming beautifully. B) As I jogged in the park, the flowers were blooming beautifully. C) The flowers were blooming beautifully as I jogged in the park. D) The flowers were blooming beautifully, jogging in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jogging in the park, I saw the flowers blooming beautifully. 12. I didn't think you were ..... in photography. A) Interesting. B) Interested. C) Interest. D) Interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interested. 13. ..... into a lively conversation I missed the call. A) Being engaged. B) Having engaged. C) Engaged. D) Has engaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being engaged. 14. The sentence 'The child played with the broken toy' contains a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. They won an award for caring for sick animals. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 16. Complete the sentence: ..... in the storm, the sailors struggled to keep the ship afloat. A) Caught. B) Catches. C) Catch. D) Catching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 17. Everything has come out. It was A) Exhausting. B) Exhausted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhausting. 18. 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. 19. Complete the sentence:After watching the scary movie, I had a ..... feeling that someone was following me. A) Frightened. B) Frightening. C) Frighten. D) Frightens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightening. 20. Which participial phrase best completes the sentence? ..... , Eiad humbled himself and apologized Eyad. He knew that his words had offended his twin brother. A) Lacking the courage to humble himself,. B) Having realized his mistake,. C) Forced by his parents,. D) Having been forgiven,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having realized his mistake,. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Who is pitching today? A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 24. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST PARTICIPLEsend A) Sent. B) Sending. C) Sended. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sent. 25. Identify the participle in the sentence:'The broken vase was on the floor.' A) Was. B) Floor. C) Broken. D) Vase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 26. Present and past participle can funtion as ..... A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 27. Why is the following sentence grammatically awkward? "Running for the bus, the backpack fell off my shoulder." A) The backpack cannot run, so the modifier is 'dangling'. B) The word 'running' is a gerund, not a participle. C) A comma is not needed after 'bus'. D) The sentence should use the past tense verb 'ran'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The backpack cannot run, so the modifier is 'dangling'. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. I heard them ..... in the next room A) Quarrel. B) Quarreling. C) Quarreled. D) Having quarreled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quarreling. 31. Correct the dangling participle in the following sentence: "Hiking the trail, the birds were singing." A) As we were hiking the trail, we heard singing trees with birds. B) Hiking the trail, I heard the birds singing. C) Hiking, the trail was singing with birds. D) The birds were singing, hiking the trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hiking the trail, I heard the birds singing. 32. 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,. 33. What is the past participle of:sell A) Selled. B) Sell. C) Sold. D) Seel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sold. 34. ..... (Have eat) so much yummy bread, I was full up. A) Had eaten. B) Have eating. C) Have eaten. D) Having eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having eaten. 35. 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. 36. 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. 37. 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. 38. I ..... do my English homework. A) Might. B) Will. C) Could. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 39. 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. 40. Identify the participle in this sentence:The laughing child played in the park. A) Child. B) Laughing. C) Park. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughing. 41. Complete the sentence with the correct participle:The ..... cake was delicious. A) Bakes. B) Bake. C) Baked. D) Baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baked. 42. What is the participle in the following sentence:The horse, trotting up to the fence, hopes that you have an apple or carrot. A) Trotting. B) Hopes. C) Carrot. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trotting. 43. ..... 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. 44. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.A fluttering white flag appeared in the distance. A) Fluttering. B) Flag. C) Appeared. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fluttering. 45. The root word of 'ran' is ..... A) Runs. B) Ran. C) Running. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run. 46. My father loves everybody, he is a A) Loving man. B) Loved man. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loving man. 47. The present participle of swim is A) Swimming. B) Swam. C) Swims. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 48. Choose the Past Participle of MAKE A) Made. B) Maked. C) Making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 49. What is the past participle of:swim A) Swan. B) Swam. C) Swum. D) Swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swum. 50. True or False:The word 'eaten' in 'The eaten sandwich was left on the table' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence: A) Demonstrating his ability to hunt. B) Demonstrating his ability. C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. 52. Step 4 of the process is ..... A) Identify the verb needed. B) Add-ado or-ido. C) Make it agree with the noun being described in gender and number. D) Remove the-AR, -ER, or-IR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make it agree with the noun being described in gender and number. 53. The present participle of cheer is A) Cheering. B) Cheered. C) Cheers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheering. 54. True or False:In the sentence, 'The family, laughing at the joke, sat around the table, ' the phrase 'laughing at the joke' describes the table. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. Which option correctly combines these two sentences using a participial phrase? 'The chef was proud of his creation. He presented the cake to the judges.' A) The chef presented the cake to the judges and was proud of his creation. B) Proud of his creation, the chef presented the cake to the judges. C) The cake was presented to the judges by the proud chef. D) The chef was proud of his creation, and he presented the cake to the judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proud of his creation, the chef presented the cake to the judges. 56. Which sentence uses a participle as an adjective to describe the 'team'? A) To win is the team's goal. B) The team celebrated its victory. C) The team is winning the game. D) The winning team celebrated loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The winning team celebrated loudly. 57. Identify the participle in this sentence:'The barking dog chased the cat.' A) Dog. B) Barking. C) Cat. D) Chased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barking. 58. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence:The dog panting in the backyard needed water. A) The dog panting. B) Needed water. C) In the backyard. D) Panting in the backyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Panting in the backyard. 59. Identify the participle in the sentence.We were awakened last night by a barking dog. A) Dog. B) Were. C) Barking. D) Awakened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barking. 60. Choose the Past Participle of PRINT A) Printed. B) Printing. C) Print. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Printed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesParticiples Quiz 1Participles Quiz 2Participles Quiz 3Participles Quiz 4Participles Quiz 5Participles Quiz 6Participles Quiz 7Participles Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books