This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adjectives > Participial Adjectives – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Adjectives Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The man was surprised by the news. He was a ..... man. A) Surprised. B) Surprising. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprised. 2. Choose the correct participial adjective (-ed or-ing) to complete the sentence:After reading the article about artificial intelligence, some students were ..... by how quickly machines are replacing human jobs in certain industries. A) Alarmed. B) Alarming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alarmed. 3. She was ..... by the phone call. She felt scared. A) Frightened. B) Challenging. C) Disgusting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightened. 4. Mr. Moss felt pretty ..... when that boy knocked at his door and ran away. A) Annoy. B) Annoying. C) Annoyed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyed. 5. No one lives in that (desert) ..... house except a few ghosts. A) Deserted. B) Deserting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deserted. 6. That movie was ..... It wasn't ..... at all A) Boring-interesting. B) Boring-interested. C) Bored-interesting. D) Bored-interested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boring-interesting. 7. Identify the participial adjective in the following sentence: "The excited crowd cheered loudly." A) Crowd. B) Cheered. C) Excited. D) Loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excited. 8. 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. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb / part of a verb phrase. 9. Which of the following sentences contains an incorrect use of a participial adjective? A) The broken vase lay on the floor. B) The interesting book kept me awake. C) The bored students listened attentively. D) The exciting movie was boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The exciting movie was boring. 10. Which of the following sentences uses a participial adjective correctly? A) The movie was very excited. B) The movie was very exciting. C) The movie was very excite. D) The movie was very excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The movie was very exciting. 11. I don't understand how to solve this math problem. It is so ..... ! A) Frustrated. B) Frustrating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frustrating. 12. I was in a virtual meeting and forgot to turn off the microphone when you called me. It was so ..... A) Embarrassing. B) Embarrassed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embarrassing. 13. I am so ..... to ride the T-Express. A) Excite. B) Excited. C) Exciting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited. 14. The results of my last test were very ..... A) Disappointing. B) Disappointed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappointing. 15. The child was ..... to see his favorite super hero falling the stairs. A) Amused. B) Amusing. C) Amuse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amused. 16. How do participial adjectives give more detail about a noun? A) By describing the location of the noun. B) By showing what it's like or what it's doing. C) By indicating the time an action takes place. D) By showing how often an action is performed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By showing what it's like or what it's doing. 17. He's only ..... about playing games. A) Exciting. B) Excite. C) Excited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excited. 18. When Tom saw his father driving a new car, he was really ..... A) Surprised. B) Species. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprised. 19. The walk up the mountain was long and ..... A) Tire. B) Tiring. C) Tired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tiring. 20. I am (terrify) ..... of spiders. A) Terrified. B) Terrifying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrified. 21. She would go to the beach if she ..... out. A) Go. B) Goes. C) Could go. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could go. 22. I've just read a very ..... book A) Amusing. B) Amused. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amusing. 23. Which sentence uses a participial adjective to describe a noun? A) The crying baby was hungry. B) The baby was crying because it was hungry. C) The baby crying was hungry. D) Crying the baby was hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The crying baby was hungry. 24. I am about to graduate and I am ..... in studying medicine. A) Interesting. B) Interested. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interested. 25. Identify the sentence that uses a participial adjective ending in-ing correctly. A) The book was interested. B) I am interesting in the book. C) The book was interesting. D) I was interesting in the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The book was interesting. ← PreviousNext →Related 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