This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the PAST PARTICIPLE AS ADJECTIVE in this sentence:Las papas hervidos son asquerosas. A) Asquerosas. B) Son. C) Hervidos. D) Papas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hervidos. 2. Which of these sentences uses a participle incorrectly? A) The painted fence looked beautiful. B) The cat sleeping on the couch is cute. C) The catching fish was delicious. D) The fallen leaves covered the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The catching fish was delicious. 3. Choose the sentence with the correct use of a participial phrase. A) Falling from the tree, the apple hit the ground. B) The apple hit the ground falling from the tree. C) Falling, the apple from the tree hit the ground. D) Falling the apple from the tree, hit the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling from the tree, the apple hit the ground. 4. Which of the following words is a participle? A) Running. B) Run. C) Runs. D) Runner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running. 5. Identify the participle in the sentence:Laughing, she stepped up to the podium to begin her speech. A) Stepped. B) Begin. C) Laughing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing. 6. Identify the participle in the following sentence:Emma regretted her broken promise. A) Emma. B) Broken. C) Promise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broken. 7. We spent the whole day playing cards. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 8. The word 'running' in the sentence 'Running water is soothing' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Which of the following sentences contains a participle phrase? A) The dog barked loudly. B) Running quickly, she caught the bus. C) He will arrive soon. D) They are playing in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly, she caught the bus. 10. ..... in the company for many years, he knew everyone and everything. A) Having worked. B) Worked. C) Working. D) To work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having worked. 11. Which sentence contains a present participle? A) The broken vase lay on the floor. B) The singing bird perched on the branch. C) The completed project was submitted on time. D) The frightened cat hid under the bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The singing bird perched on the branch. 12. Choose the Past Participle of DOWNLOAD A) Downloaded. B) Download. C) Downloading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Downloaded. 13. The present participle of chase is A) Choose. B) Chased. C) Chasing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chasing. 14. Complete the sentence:The ..... kitten was adopted quickly. A) Playful. B) Playing. C) Played. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playful. 15. Which sentence best combines these two ideas using a participial phrase? 'The girl was tired from the long hike. She sat down on a bench.' A) Tired from the long hike, the girl sat down on a bench. B) The girl was tired from the long hike, and she sat down on a bench. C) Because she was tired from the long hike, the girl sat down on a bench. D) Sat down on a bench, the girl was tired from the long hike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tired from the long hike, the girl sat down on a bench. 16. Identify the participle(s).My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom. A) Crashing. B) Pounding. C) Crashing, pounding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crashing, pounding. 17. Oh look!That little boy has ..... off his bicycle. A) Fell. B) Fall. C) Fallen. D) Felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fallen. 18. What is the participle in the following sentence?Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house. A) Shivering. B) Couple. C) Into. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivering. 19. Diana is ..... her bike. A) Ride. B) To ride. C) Riding. D) Ridden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Riding. 20. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.Water surged over the banks of the swollen river. A) Surged. B) Swollen. C) Over. D) Banks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swollen. 21. We are attempting to use the past participle as an ..... A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 22. ..... the chocolate egg was very tempting, but I resisted because it is my brother's. A) Eat. B) Eaten. C) Eating. D) Having eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating. 23. Sighing happily, she folded and put away the letter. A) Sighing. B) Folded and put. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sighing. 24. Had he heard Marzipan correctly ..... NO swimming? He had just bought new swimming trunks! A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) Participle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participle. 25. Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence:Shaking hands warmly, the two candidates had made up their differences. A) Shaking hands warmly. B) The two candidates. C) Made up their differences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaking hands warmly. Next →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesParticiples Quiz 2Participles Quiz 3Participles Quiz 4Participles Quiz 5Participles Quiz 6Participles Quiz 7Participles Quiz 8Participles Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books