This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. John was really ..... (embarrass) when he fell over on the stage. A) Embarrassed. B) Embarrassing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embarrassed. 2. ..... with the good news, they went out for dinner. A) Pleasing. B) Please. C) Having been pleasing. D) Pleased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleased. 3. Which word is the participle in this sentence:'Laughing loudly, the children played in the park.'? A) Children. B) Park. C) Played. D) Laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laughing. 4. I looked at the videos, they were all A) Bored. B) Boring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boring. 5. This exercise is ..... Can you please help me? A) Confusing. B) Having confused. C) Confuse. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confusing. 6. Why is "kicked" not a participle in this sentence:James kicked the ball and it landed on a frozen lake. A) Because it is functioning as a noun. B) Because it is functioning as a verb. C) It is a participle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it is functioning as a verb. 7. What is the participle in the following sentence:William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass. A) Monkey. B) Clump. C) Stepped. D) Hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hidden. 8. Identify the PAST PARTICIPLE AS ADJECTIVE in this sentence:Tengo muchos vegetales congelados en mi congelador. A) Muchos. B) Congelados. C) Tengo. D) Vegetales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Congelados. 9. Complete the sentence: ..... by his story, we decided to help. A) Move. B) Moving. C) Moves. D) Moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moved. 10. Identify the participle in the following sentence:We put the injured owl in the box. A) Injured. B) Owl. C) Put. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Injured. 11. I never wash the car myself; I always have it ..... A) Washed. B) Washing. C) Wash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washed. 12. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct?Toby finished the sprint in 35 seconds beating his old time by 3 seconds. A) Before beating. B) Before by. C) After Toby. D) After finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before beating. 13. In the sentence 'The cheering crowd sounded loud in the stadium, ' which word is the participle? A) Sounded. B) Cheering. C) Crowd. D) Loud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheering. 14. Explain why 'cooked' is a participle in 'The cooked vegetables were delicious.' A) It is the main verb. B) It describes the vegetables. C) It is a noun. D) It is an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It describes the vegetables. 15. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Some kinds of exercise require planning and expense. A) Require planning. B) Planning and expense. C) There is no participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is no participial phrase. 16. I was ..... (bore) in the party last night because I didn't meet any ..... (interest) people. A) Boring, interested. B) Boring, interesting. C) Bored, interested. D) Bored, interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bored, interesting. 17. The gravy needs stirring. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 18. Which option correctly uses a participle to describe a noun? A) The singed bird was beautiful. B) The sings bird was beautiful. C) The singing bird was beautiful. D) The sing bird was beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The singing bird was beautiful. 19. Everybody ..... (shock) by the news. A) Shocking. B) Was shocked. C) Shocked. D) Was shocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was shocked. 20. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.The handyman left splattered paint all over the floor. A) Handyman. B) Left. C) Splattered. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Splattered. 21. I ate so much food! A) Past. B) Past part. C) Present part. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 22. Select the single word that is a participle in the following sentence:The chosen player got to start the game. A) Game. B) Player. C) Chosen. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chosen. 23. What's the Past Participle of leave? A) Leaven. B) Left. C) Leaved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 24. Ken has been wearing the same old pair of ..... jeans for years. He should buy a new pair. A) Worning. B) Wearing. C) Weared. D) Worn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worn. 25. True or False:The sentence 'The book laying on the table is mine' uses the participle correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. The accident was A) Shocked. B) Shocking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shocking. 27. Participle-a verbal that acts as a ..... It can end in-ing, -ed, -d, -en, or-t. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 28. The view from the room in this hotel is so ..... A) Please. B) Pleasing. C) Pleasen. D) Pleased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleasing. 29. The taxi almost hit the signpost. The passengers were ..... A) Terrifying. B) Terrifyed. C) Terrifing. D) Terrified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrifying. 30. Correct the dangling participle in the sentence: "Running through the forest, the trees seemed to whisper." A) The trees seemed to whisper as I ran through the forest. B) As I was running through the forest, the trees seemed to whisper. C) Running through the forest, I heard the trees whispering. D) The trees seemed to whisper, running through the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running through the forest, I heard the trees whispering. 31. One hundred years of solitude was ..... by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A) Written. B) Write. C) Writing. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written. 32. Identify the participle in the sentence:Mary wrote a letter to the frozen Santa who was sitting out in the cold. A) Sitting. B) Frozen. C) Letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen. 33. He is swimming for two hours. A) Infinitive. B) Present part. C) Past. D) Past part. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present part. 34. Choose the participle that best completes the sentence. Back then, Mom always reminded me to do my best in everything that I would do. Now that I am a successful engineer and pilot, I could say that my ..... dreams are a proof that my Mom is and has always been right. A) Achieving. B) Fulfilled. C) Discovered. D) Fulfilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fulfilled. 35. In the sentence, 'The broken vase lay on the floor, ' what is the function of the word 'broken'? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 36. Complete the sentence:The dog, ..... its tail wildly, jumped on its owner. A) To wag. B) Wagged. C) Wags. D) Wagging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wagging. 37. Complete the sentence with a participial phrase that correctly modifies the subject: ..... , Maria easily found the information for her report. A) Clicking on the right link. B) The computer was finally working. C) After the website loaded. D) It was a relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clicking on the right link. 38. The present particple of run is A) Ran. B) Running. C) Runs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 39. Which word is a participle? A) The man. B) Rushed. C) Burnt. D) Rushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burnt. 40. Identify the participle in this sentence:The barking dog kept everyone awake. A) Awake. B) Kept. C) Barking. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barking. 41. After she had ..... about a 1000 cards, Ms. D regretted playing UNO with her students. A) Drew. B) Drawed. C) Drawn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drawn. 42. True or False:In the sentence 'The laughing children played in the park, ' the word 'laughing' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. Identify the participle(s).The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water. A) Drowning. B) Struggled. C) Drowning, struggled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drowning. 44. He often goes ..... (jog) in the early morning. A) Jogging. B) Jog. C) Jogs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jogging. 45. Which of word is a participle?The window, broken during the storm, let the icy winds into the cabin A) Broken. B) Let. C) Window. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken. 46. ..... a scream, the child ran as fast as he could. A) Heard. B) Hears. C) Hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearing. 47. Which is the BEST way to combine these two sentences using a participial phrase? 'The player caught the ball. He was running at full speed.' A) The player who was running at full speed caught the ball. B) The player caught the ball, and he was running at full speed. C) Running at full speed, the player caught the ball. D) The player caught the ball and was running at full speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running at full speed, the player caught the ball. 48. Identify the participle in the sentence.Startled by the noise, the puppy scrambled under the chair. A) Scrambled. B) Under. C) Puppy. D) Startled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Startled. 49. Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence:Confused by the directions, the student failed to answer the question. A) The student failed. B) Confused by the directions. C) To answer the question. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confused by the directions. 50. Participles function as what part of speech? A) Nouns. B) Adjectives. C) Verbs. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjectives. 51. Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm. A) Quickly licked the ice cream. B) Licked the ice cream. C) Dripping down his arm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dripping down his arm. 52. The boys are ..... with the new anime. A) Fascinating. B) Fascinated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascinated. 53. I had an embarrassing situation, I was A) Embarrassed. B) Embarrassing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embarrassed. 54. What is the past participle of "belong" A) Belonged. B) Belonging. C) Belongs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belonged. 55. Jo practices singing daily. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 56. My daughter is ..... (scare) of the dark. A) Scared. B) Scaring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scared. 57. ..... the room, the man was no longer there. A) Having entered. B) On entering. C) When we entered. D) Entering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When we entered. 58. I was very ..... (excite) to visit Disneyland Park. A) Excited. B) Exciting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited. 59. Bruno hates shopping. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 60. Which part of this sentence is the participial phrase? "The girl sitting by the window is reading a new book." A) Is reading. B) The girl. C) Sitting by the window. D) A new book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting by the window. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesParticiples Quiz 1Participles Quiz 2Participles Quiz 3Participles Quiz 4Participles Quiz 5Participles Quiz 6Participles Quiz 7Participles Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books