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WorksheetsVerbals Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A participle is a verbal that acts as a
a)
noun
b)
adjective
c)
pronoun
d)
verb
2.
Identify the participle in the following sentence:
The dancing chicken made me laugh.
The dancing chicken made me laugh.
a)
made
b)
dancing
c)
chicken
d)
laugh
3.
Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence:
Confused by what he heard, Mr. Widbin asked a question.
Confused by what he heard, Mr. Widbin asked a question.
a)
confused
b)
asked
c)
Mrs. Newell
d)
Confused by what she heard
4.
Is the identified word a regular adjective or a participle?
The broken window is causing a draft.
The broken window is causing a draft.
a)
adjective
b)
participle
5.
Identify the participle in the following sentence:
Mrs. Newell was going shopping when suddenly she spotted her escaped dog on the street.
Mrs. Newell was going shopping when suddenly she spotted her escaped dog on the street.
a)
escaped
b)
shopping
c)
going
d)
spotted
6.
Identify the noun or pronoun the participle phrase is modifying.
Running from the dog, the cat escaped through the fence.
Running from the dog, the cat escaped through the fence.
a)
fence
b)
dog
c)
cat
d)
escaped
23.
Identify the underlined word.
The student waited patiently for her test.
The student waited patiently for her test.
a)
gerund
b)
participle
c)
verb
8.
Using the kite string as an electrical conductor, Franklin captured a bit of lightening.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infitine
d)
None of the above
9.
The electricity captured during his experiment was safely stored in a Leyden jar.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
10.
I remember how my father loved flying kites.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
11.
He loved to get out in the city park on a windy autumn afternoon.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
12.
Using balsa sticks and tissue paper, he made me my first kite.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
13.
Remembering my first kite brings back a lot of other memories.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
14.
Identify the verbal or verbal phrase:
The passage, translated into three languages, foretold a terrible tragedy.
The passage, translated into three languages, foretold a terrible tragedy.
a)
The passage
b)
into three languages
c)
translated into three languages
d)
none of the above
15.
She once had a frightening hike near a bear.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
16.
Identify the participle or participle phrase:
Feeling sick from the tilt-a-whirl, Samantha staggered to the park bench.
Feeling sick from the tilt-a-whirl, Samantha staggered to the park bench.
a)
Feeling sick from the tilt-a-whirl
b)
Samantha staggered
c)
to the park bench
d)
None of the above
17.
Jackie went to town with her mom this past Saturday.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
18.
Injured in the fall, Evelyn considered dropping out of the race.
a)
Gerund
b)
Participle
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above
19.
Gerunds can be subjects.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Gerunds can be the main verb in the sentence.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Infinitives can act as adjective, nouns, or ____________________.
a)
participles
b)
prepositions
c)
adverbs
d)
none of the above
22.
Identify the phrase.
Waiting to begin the quiz, Jack started to tap his pencil.
Waiting to begin the quiz, Jack started to tap his pencil.
a)
gerund
b)
participle
c)
verb
23.
Identify the underlined word.
The student waited patiently for her test.
The student waited patiently for her test.
a)
gerund
b)
participle
c)
verb
24.
Identify the verbal:
The bent rake was difficult to use.
The bent rake was difficult to use.
a)
gerund
b)
participle
c)
verb phrase
25.
The giraffe, reaching for leaves, was the tallest animal at the zoo.
a)
gerund
b)
participle
c)
verb
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