This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adjectives > Participial Adjectives – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Adjectives Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... the rain, there was a flood. A) Because. B) Because of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because of. 2. She was ..... she got a good grade in the exam. A) Relieved. B) Relieving. C) Relieve. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relieved. 3. We were totally ..... His ..... words didn't make any sense to us. A) Perplexed / perplexing. B) Perplexed / preplexed. C) Perplexing / perplexed. D) Perplexing / perplexing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perplexed / perplexing. 4. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? The escaping prisoner was caught in his secret tunnel. A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial adjective. 5. This now ..... ship comes from China. (ankommen=to arrive) A) Arrived. B) Incoming. C) Incoming. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incoming. 6. Drugs are a problem in many cities. (to grow) A) Growing. B) Washed. C) Waxed. D) Grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing. 7. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? "I am escaping whether you like it or not." A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 8. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? The giggling kids got on my nerves. A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial adjective. 9. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? Bits of old food clogged the drain. A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 10. A:I'm very ..... in modern art. What about you?B:I can't tell the same, I'd rather go to concerts.A:Well, I also find live performances ..... A) Interesting / interested. B) Interested / interesting. C) Interest / interested. D) Interested / interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interested / interesting. 11. She is ..... by AI Pacino movies. A) Fascinating. B) Fascinated. C) Fascinates. D) Fascination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascinated. 12. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? The kids were giggling hysterically as they watched the teacher fall down. A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. 13. I'm not a fervent ..... of spicy food. A) Enthusiasm. B) Enthusiastic. C) Enthusiasting. D) Enthusiast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enthusiast. 14. We got a ..... letter. (urge=to urge) A) Squat. B) Push. C) Urgent. D) Urgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urgent. 15. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? We are having a lock-down because a prisoner has escaped. A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 16. The doctor talks to the ..... patient. (wait=to wait) A) Waiting. B) Waited. C) Waited. D) Wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waiting. 17. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? My uncle is snoring loudly. A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. 18. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or a participial adjective? I couldn't sleep because of my loudly snoring uncle. A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial adjective. 19. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? The prisoner escaped from the high-security prison. A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. 20. Erik writes for the newspaper. This is a good ..... article. (write=to write) A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writer. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written. 21. Is the red word acting as a verb/part of a verb phrase, or as a participial adjective? The clogged drain was starting to smell. A) Verb/part of a verb phrase. B) Participial adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial adjective. 22. Which instance of drinking is the gerund? I've been drinking coffee since I was 16. Turns out, drinking caffeine is addictive, so now I can't stop! A) Been drinking. B) Drinking caffeine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking caffeine. 23. The beach is such a ..... place to go. A) Relax. B) Relaxing. C) Relaxed. D) Relaxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relaxing. 24. A:What a ..... food! I can't eat it.B:Me neither! I'm ..... about it. A) Disgusting / disgusted. B) Disgusted / disgusting. C) Disgust / disgusted. D) Disgusting / disgustness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disgusting / disgusted. 25. I bought a ..... car (need=to use) A) Needing. B) Used. C) Need it. D) Using. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used. 26. I live by a strong ..... river. (to flow) A) Flowed. B) Fluently. C) Flowing. D) Flowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowing. 27. He wrote a good ..... story. (develop=to develop) A) Develope. B) Developed. C) Developed. D) Developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed. 28. The class was disrupted by a bad ..... child. (behave=to behave) A) Behaved. B) Dazed. C) Behaving. D) Between them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaving. 29. There is an old saying:Let (sleeping) ..... dogs lie. A) Sleeping. B) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeping. 30. When the movie ended, the audience looked ..... because of the sudden twist. Still, the director's creativity was ..... , and critics praised the originality. A) Surprising-impressed. B) Surprised-impressive. C) Surprised-impressing. D) Surprising-impressing. E) Surprised-impressively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surprised-impressive. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParticipial Adjectives Quiz 1Participial Adjectives Quiz 2Participial Adjectives Quiz 3Participial Adjectives Quiz 4Participial Adjectives Quiz 5Participial Adjectives Quiz 6Participial Adjectives Quiz 7Participial Adjectives Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books