This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Participles – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participles Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is described as "Sitting up uncomfortably" in the following sentence:Sitting up uncomfortably, Joe tried to get some sleep. A) Sleep. B) Joe. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe. 2. I heard them ..... in the next room A) Having quarreled. B) Quarrel. C) Quarreling. D) Quarreled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quarreling. 3. Correct the dangling participle in the following sentence: "Hiking the trail, the birds were singing." A) Hiking the trail, I heard the birds singing. B) The birds were singing, hiking the trail. C) As we were hiking the trail, we heard singing trees with birds. D) Hiking, the trail was singing with birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hiking the trail, I heard the birds singing. 4. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey. A) Sweeping across the night sky,. B) The bats hunted. C) Their prey. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeping across the night sky,. 5. What is the past participle of:sell A) Sell. B) Selled. C) Sold. D) Seel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sold. 6. ..... (Have eat) so much yummy bread, I was full up. A) Have eaten. B) Have eating. C) Had eaten. D) Having eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having eaten. 7. True or False:In 'The smiling child waved to her friends, ' 'smiling' is a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Identify the participle in the sentence and tell what word it is modifying.James kicked the ball and it landed on a frozen lake. A) Frozen is the participle modifying the word lake. B) Kicked is the participle modifying the word ball. C) Frozen is the participle modifying the word ball. D) Kicked is the participle modifying the word James. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen is the participle modifying the word lake. 9. Determine what the Participle Phrase is:Hidden from view, the man saw the boy who tore down the sign. A) Hidden from view. B) Saw the boy. C) Tore down the sign. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hidden from view. 10. I ..... do my English homework. A) Could. B) Might. C) Must. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 11. Participles can only be used as adjectives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Identify the participle in this sentence:The laughing child played in the park. A) Child. B) Played. C) Laughing. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing. 13. Complete the sentence with the correct participle:The ..... cake was delicious. A) Baked. B) Baking. C) Bakes. D) Bake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baked. 14. What is the participle in the following sentence:The horse, trotting up to the fence, hopes that you have an apple or carrot. A) Trotting. B) Hopes. C) Apple. D) Carrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trotting. 15. ..... down from the tree, the monkey could see many people. A) Looking. B) Looks. C) Looked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking. 16. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.A fluttering white flag appeared in the distance. A) Appeared. B) Flag. C) Fluttering. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fluttering. 17. The root word of 'ran' is ..... A) Run. B) Running. C) Runs. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 18. My father loves everybody, he is a A) Loving man. B) Loved man. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loving man. 19. The present participle of swim is A) Swimming. B) Swam. C) Swims. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 20. Choose the Past Participle of MAKE A) Made. B) Maked. C) Making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 21. Choose the sentence that uses the participle correctly: A) The cooked dinner smelled delicious. B) The cook dinner smelled delicious. C) The cooking dinner smell delicious. D) The cooked dinner smell delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cooked dinner smelled delicious. 22. What is the past participle of:swim A) Swam. B) Swum. C) Swim. D) Swan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swum. 23. True or False:The word 'eaten' in 'The eaten sandwich was left on the table' is a participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence: A) Demonstrating his ability to hunt. B) Demonstrating his ability. C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. 25. Step 4 of the process is ..... A) Identify the verb needed. B) Add-ado or-ido. C) Make it agree with the noun being described in gender and number. D) Remove the-AR, -ER, or-IR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make it agree with the noun being described in gender and number. ← 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