This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > 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. Complete the sentence with the correct participle: ..... with excitement, she couldn't wait for her birthday. A) Filled. B) Filling. C) Fills. D) Fill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filled. 2. I watched an ..... movie about American history last night. A) Interesting. B) Interested. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interesting. 3. Identify the participle(s).Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground. A) Defying. B) Surprised. C) Levitating. D) Defying, levitating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defying. 4. Complete the sentence:The ..... cake was a hit at the party. A) Baking. B) Baked. C) Bakes. D) Bake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baked. 5. Describe the participle in the following sentence:The children refused to eat the burned toast. A) Burned; past participle. B) Refused; past participle. C) Burned; present participle. D) Refused; present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burned; past participle. 6. The ..... child was like me at that age. A) Excitement. B) Excited. C) Excite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited. 7. Complete the sentence with the correctly punctuated introductory phrase: ..... Marco realized they were in his other backpack. A) Searching for his keys. B) Searching for his keys,. C) He was searching for his keys. D) To search for his keys,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Searching for his keys,. 8. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses. A) Sunglasses. B) Looked. C) Compartment. D) Evangeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evangeline. 9. Which of these sentences contains a participle? A) The dog barked loudly. B) The barking dog ran down the street. C) The dog is brown. D) The dog will bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The barking dog ran down the street. 10. 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. 11. Present Participles function as ..... in sentences. A) Action words. B) Subject or object. C) Adjective or adverb. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective or adverb. 12. Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.The soccer players, having grown faint from thirst, gratefully accepted the cold oranges. A) Gratefully accepted the cold oranges. B) Accepted the cold oranges. C) Soccer. D) Having grown faint from thirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having grown faint from thirst. 13. Which sentence correctly uses a participle phrase? A) The cat, chased by the dog, climbed a tree. B) Chased the cat by the dog, a tree climbed. C) The dog chasing by the cat, a tree climbed. D) The cat chased the dog climbed tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat, chased by the dog, climbed a tree. 14. Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling participle: "Baking in the oven, the aroma of cookies filled the kitchen." A) Baking in the oven, I smelled the aroma of cookies filling the kitchen. B) The aroma of cookies filled the kitchen as they baked in the oven. 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. 15. Which of these words is a past participle? A) Jump. B) Jumping. C) Jumped. D) Jumps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumped. 16. Complete the sentence:The ..... wind howled all night. A) Howling. B) Howled. C) Howl. D) Howls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Howling. 17. 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. 18. The present participle of climb is A) Clim. B) Climbs. C) Climbing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbing. 19. Complete the sentence:The ..... car was parked in the driveway. A) Washing. B) Wash. C) Washed. D) Washes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washed. 20. In which sentence is the word 'studying' used as a participle? A) She is studying for her science test. B) The students studying in the library were very quiet. C) Studying is the key to getting good grades. D) My brother will be studying abroad next year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students studying in the library were very quiet. 21. Which sentence correctly fixes the misplaced modifier? 'I gave a cookie to the dog that was wrapped in foil.' A) I gave a cookie to the dog wrapped in foil. B) Wrapped in foil, I gave a cookie to the dog. C) I gave a cookie wrapped in foil to the dog. D) The dog was given a cookie from me wrapped in foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I gave a cookie wrapped in foil to the dog. 22. They've ..... for a long time. A) Work. B) Working. C) Worked. D) To work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 23. Complete the sentence:I was so ..... by the long, slow movie that I almost fell asleep. A) Boring. B) Bored. C) Bores. D) Bore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bored. 24. Identify the past participle in the sentence:Sarah noticed her sister walking along the shoreline. A) Noticed. B) Walking. C) Walking along. D) Shoreline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noticed. 25. Complete the sentence:The movie, ..... by everyone, was a huge success. A) Enjoyed. B) Enjoying. C) Enjoy. D) Enjoyable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoyed. 26. Choose which sentence contains a past particle. A) We have ate excellent food in Japan. B) We ate excellent food in Japan. C) We has eaten excellent food in Japan. D) We have eaten excellent food in Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We have eaten excellent food in Japan. 27. Choose the Past Participle of PLAY A) Played. B) Plied. C) Playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 28. Identify the participle in the following sentence:The broken vase lay on the floor. A) Broken. B) Vase. C) Lay. D) Floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken. 29. In the sentence, 'The girl reading a book didn't notice me, ' what is the complete participial phrase? A) The girl. B) Reading a book. C) Didn't notice me. D) A book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading a book. 30. Which of the following is a participle in this sentence:The barking dog chased the mailman. A) Barking. B) Dog. C) Chased. D) Mailman. 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