Verbals Quiz

Choose the past participle in the sentence. He hid the stolen goods in an old warehouse.

• goods
• stolen
• hid
• old

Choose the answer that correctly describes the underlined phrase. Running down the street, I tripped and fell.

• It is an infinitive phrase.
• It is a prepositional phrase.
• It is a gerund phrase.
• It is a participle phrase.

Choose the sentence that contains a participle phrase.

• Waiting for my tickets was a slow process.
• The rodeo performer swung from the horse.
• We repaired the roof this year.
• The door, flapping from one hinge, had been damaged by the hurricane.

Choose the verbal phrase and the word it modifies. Bumping the desk, she knocked the computer to the floor.

• Bumping; desk
• to the floor; computer
• Bumping the desk; she
• she; knocked the computer

Choose the infinitive phrase. When they heard their teacher was ill, the class decided to send a get-well card.

• When they heard
• to send a get-well card
• the class decided to
• their teacher was

Choose the participle phrase in the sentence. We watched the hot-air balloon floating through the air.

• We watched
• watched the hot-air balloon
• floating through the air

Choose the present participle in the sentence. The chirping robins sounded sweet, but they were actually competing for territory.

• competing
• chirping
• sweet
• actually

Choose the answer that correctly describes the underlined phrase. The most regrettable choice would be to do nothing.

• It is an infinitive phrase.
• It is a prepositional phrase.
• It is a gerund phrase.
• It is a participle phrase.

Choose the answer that correctly describes the underlined phrase. Running on a treadmill is very dull.

• It is an infinitive phrase.
• It is a prepositional phrase.
• It is a gerund phrase.
• It is a participle phrase.

Choose the answer that correctly describes the underlined phrase. He enjoys starting campfires without matches or a lighter.

• It is an infinitive phrase.
• It is a prepositional phrase.
• It is a gerund phrase.
• It is a participle phrase.