This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Went is the past tense of ..... A) Awake. B) Come. C) Go. D) Move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go. 2. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.1. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. A) Raced to the mailbox. B) Raced. C) Expecting good news. D) Good news. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expecting good news. 3. Identify the participial phrase.My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink. A) Asked me to wash the dishes. B) Piling up in the sink. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piling up in the sink. 4. Which word does the participle "experienced" describe in the following sentence:The experienced skateboarder performed many tricks for the audience. A) Audience. B) Performed. C) Skateboarder. D) Tricks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skateboarder. 5. Complete the sentence:The ..... pizza was delicious. A) Eaten. B) Eating. C) Eat. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 6. Correct the dangling participle in the sentence: "Jogging in the park, the flowers were blooming beautifully." A) Jogging in the park, I saw the flowers blooming beautifully. B) The flowers were blooming beautifully, jogging in the park. C) As I jogged in the park, the flowers were blooming beautifully. D) The flowers were blooming beautifully as I jogged in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jogging in the park, I saw the flowers blooming beautifully. 7. I didn't think you were ..... in photography. A) Interested. B) Interesting. C) Interest. D) Interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested. 8. ..... into a lively conversation I missed the call. A) Being engaged. B) Engaged. C) Having engaged. D) Has engaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being engaged. 9. The sentence 'The child played with the broken toy' contains a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. They won an award for caring for sick animals. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 11. Complete the sentence: ..... in the storm, the sailors struggled to keep the ship afloat. A) Caught. B) Catching. C) Catch. D) Catches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 12. Everything has come out. It was A) Exhausting. B) Exhausted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhausting. 13. She couldn't get up early the next day after the ..... (tire) trip. A) Tiring. B) Tired. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiring. 14. Complete the sentence:After watching the scary movie, I had a ..... feeling that someone was following me. A) Frightening. B) Frightened. C) Frightens. D) Frighten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightening. 15. Which participial phrase best completes the sentence? ..... , Eiad humbled himself and apologized Eyad. He knew that his words had offended his twin brother. A) Forced by his parents,. B) Lacking the courage to humble himself,. C) Having realized his mistake,. D) Having been forgiven,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having realized his mistake,. 16. Identify the participial phrase.Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk. A) Placing her money. B) Placing her money on the counter. C) Smiled at the clerk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing her money on the counter. 17. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. A) Raced to the mailbox. B) Expecting good news. C) Good news. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expecting good news. 18. Who is pitching today? A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 19. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST PARTICIPLEsend A) Sended. B) Sent. C) Sending. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent. 20. Which of the following sentences contains a participle? A) The dog barked loudly. B) She is reading a book. C) They played soccer after school. D) The broken vase lay on the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The broken vase lay on the floor. 21. Identify the participle in the sentence:'The broken vase was on the floor.' A) Broken. B) Vase. C) Was. D) Floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken. 22. What is the past participle of:bring A) Brought. B) Bough. C) Bought. D) Bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought. 23. Present and past participle can funtion as ..... A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 24. Why is the following sentence grammatically awkward? "Running for the bus, the backpack fell off my shoulder." A) The sentence should use the past tense verb 'ran'. B) The backpack cannot run, so the modifier is 'dangling'. C) A comma is not needed after 'bus'. D) The word 'running' is a gerund, not a participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The backpack cannot run, so the modifier is 'dangling'. 25. Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence:It was the worst hurricane in recorded history to reach our town. A) Recorded history. B) Recorded. C) In recorded history. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recorded. ← 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