This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:A participle can only be in the present tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. What is the Past Participle of eat?We would have ..... the last 2 pieces of cake, but it was not there anymore. A) Eated. B) Ate. C) Eaten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eaten. 3. After ..... dinner, I watches television. A) Eat. B) Eating. C) Eaten. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 4. 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. 5. Complete the sentence:My phone, ..... last year, is already starting to feel old. A) Buying. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 6. He was sitting in an armchair ..... a magazine. A) Read. B) Reading. C) Having read. D) To read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading. 7. It had been months since everyone had ..... an essay in Ms. Dominguez's class. A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written. 8. What is the Past Participle of be?It had ..... a few weeks since Ms. Dominguez saw some of her students. A) Was. B) Were. C) Been. D) Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 9. You will annoy people, ..... like that. A) Talking. B) Talked. C) Having talk. D) Having talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking. 10. What is the infinitive in the following sentence:Ms. Coleman wants to sleep. A) Wants to. B) Wants sleep. C) Ms. Coleman. D) To sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To sleep. 11. The mother barely caught her crawling baby before he went into the street. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 12. ..... is the past participle of run. A) Run. B) Running. C) Ran. D) Ranning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 13. The students playing in the jazz band were talented. Identify the participial phrase. A) Playing in the jazz band. B) Were talented. C) Students playing. D) Jazz band. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing in the jazz band. 14. True or False:A comma is needed after an introductory participial phrase, like in the sentence: "Waving to his friends, Liam boarded the bus." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Who is described as "playing on the court" ?The boys playing on the basketball court are competitive. A) The boys. B) Competitive. C) Court. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boys. 16. The firemen are clearing the ruins of the ..... building. A) Burnt. B) Burning. C) Burnnt. D) Burnning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burnt. 17. Complete the sentence with the participial phrase that best shows the first action was completed before the second: ..... all the side quests, I was ready to face the final boss. A) Completing. B) Completed. C) To complete. D) Having completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having completed. 18. True or False:Participles can only be used in past tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which sentence has a misplaced modifier that creates a confusing or funny image? A) The boy threw the ball wearing a red hat. B) Wearing a red hat, the boy threw the ball. C) The boy wearing a red hat threw the ball. D) The boy in the red hat threw the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy threw the ball wearing a red hat. 20. What is the participle in the following sentence:Homesteaders needed fenced land to farm. A) Needed. B) Land. C) To farm. D) Fenced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fenced. 21. Roger is ..... his motorbike at the workshop. A) Fixed. B) Fix. C) To fix. D) Fixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixing. 22. The present participle of sleep is A) Sleeping. B) Slept. C) Sleeps. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeping. 23. Which of the following sentences contains a present participle? A) The running water was cold. B) The water was cold. C) The water ran cold. D) The water is cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The running water was cold. 24. Which of the following is a participle in this sentence:'The running water was cold.'? A) Running. B) Water. C) Was. D) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running. 25. A past participle is a form of a ..... A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. ← 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