This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence, "The cheering crowd waved signs at the parade, " which word is the participle? A) Crowd. B) Cheering. C) Waved. D) Parade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheering. 2. Identify the participle in the sentence:'Exhausted, the runner crossed the finish line.' A) Exhausted. B) Runner. C) Crossed. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhausted. 3. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:Covered in mud, the dog was happy. A) Covered in mud. B) The dog. C) Was happy. D) In mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covered in mud. 4. Identify the participle in the sentence.I did not want to eat the burned potatoes that my mother cooked. A) Cooked. B) Mother. C) Want. D) Burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burned. 5. Translate:portans A) Having been carried. B) Carrying. C) Going to carry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carrying. 6. Complete the sentence:The ..... child was excited to see the parade. A) Smiling. B) Smiled. C) Smile. D) Smiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smiling. 7. Identify the participle in the sentence:The girls were sitting very properly. A) Sitting. B) Very. C) Properly. D) No participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No participle. 8. Participles act like ..... A) Adjectives. B) Nouns. C) Verbs. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectives. 9. What is the formula to identify infinitives in a sentence? A) To + a verb. B) To + a noun. C) To + an adjective. D) To + an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To + a verb. 10. The lady ..... in black is her mom. A) Dressed. B) Dressing. C) Is dressing. D) In dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dressing. 11. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) The water drained slowly. B) Slowly in the pipe clogged. C) Clogged with dog hair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clogged with dog hair. 12. Ambulaturae A) Present active participle. B) Perfect passive participle. C) Future active participle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future active participle. 13. I thought he was an ..... leader. I just found out that he always gets entrusted to lead and train new engineers every year. A) Experienced. B) Experiencing. C) Inexperienced. D) Inexperiencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inexperienced. 14. Choose the sentence where the participle is used incorrectly. A) The flown bird is beautiful. B) The flying bird is beautiful. C) The chosen book was interesting. D) The baked cake smells delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The flown bird is beautiful. 15. What is the past participle of "build" A) Built. B) Builded. C) Building. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 16. What is the BEST way to combine the following sentences:Sergio read a book. Sergio lost track of time. A) Reading a book, Sergio lost track of time. B) Sergio while reading lost track of book time. C) Sergio read a book while losing track of time. D) Because of reading, Sergio lost track of time in a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading a book, Sergio lost track of time. 17. True or False:The word 'smiling' in 'Smiling, she walked into the room' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Iactus A) About to throw. B) Having been thrown. C) Throwing. D) Having thrown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having been thrown. 19. A miser hates spending his money. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 20. Which sentence corrects the error in the following sentence? 'I saw a bird building a nest with my binoculars.' A) Building a nest, I saw a bird with my binoculars. B) With my binoculars, I saw a bird building a nest. C) I saw a bird with my binoculars building a nest. D) The sentence is already correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With my binoculars, I saw a bird building a nest. 21. What is the infinitive in the following sentence:I want to sing as loud as I can at the concert. A) I want. B) Concert. C) To sing. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sing. 22. What is the participle in the following sentence?The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks. A) Waterfall. B) Rocks. C) Over. D) Cascading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cascading. 23. Identify the type of participle in the following sentence:Chopping the carrots quickly, the chef finished the stew A) Present participle. B) Past participle. C) Both. D) There is no participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present participle. 24. Participles look like what? A) To + verb. B) ONLY end in-ing. C) End in-ing AND-ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End in-ing AND-ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings. 25. In the sentence 'The sparkling stars lit up the night, ' the word 'sparkling' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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