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Perfect participles

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
It was a _________ news for the boy. 
a)
Shock
b)
Shocking
c)
Shocked
2.
The volcano made ____________ noise as it expelled lava. 
a)
Threaten
b)
threatened
c)
threatening
3.
The children were _______________ after three hours of swimming. 
a)
tired
b)
tiring
c)
tireing 
4.
____________ customers are very important to any successful business. 
a)
Angry
b)
Satisfied
c)
Annoying
5.
Identify the participle that is used as an adjctive:
The bright lamp produced a pleasing effect. 
a)
bright
b)
produced
c)
pleasing
6.
The panda is an __________ species. 
a)
endangered
b)
endangering
c)
endanger
7.
Identify the type of participle used in this sentence:
The disease spread at an alarming rate. 
a)
Present participle
b)
past participle
c)
perfect participle
8.
Not knowing what to do, I was left in a __________ mood. 
a)
Confused
b)
confusing
c)
Confussing
9.
Give an apt participle for the given image
a)
burning sun
b)
burnt sun
c)
scorching heat
10.

.........the film at least a dozen times, he knew it almost by heart

a)

seeing

b)

having seen

c)

having been seen

d)

saw

11.

...that it was useless to argue with him, I dropped the subject

a)

having seen

b)

having been seen

c)

seeing

d)

see

12.

When Linda entered the room, she saw a lot of strangers and she felt....

a)

embarrassed

b)

being embarrassed

c)

embarrass

d)

embarrassing

13.

I wonder what Doctor Brown thinks of the medical problem .....now.

a)

discussing

b)

discuss

c)

having been discussed

d)

being discussed

14.

I heard them........ in the next room

a)

having quarreled

b)

quarrel

c)

quarreling

d)

quarreled

15.

She bent down and looked at the tiny kitten .... under the table

a)

sitting

b)

having been sat

c)

having sat

d)

are sitting

16.

Jenny looked up and saw her husband .... at her reflection in the mirror

a)

having looked

b)

looking

c)

is looking

d)

looks

17.

..... into a lively conversation I missed the call.

a)

being engaged

b)

engaged

c)

having engaged

d)

has engaged

18.

..... control of his car on an icy road, the driver hit a tree

a)

losing

b)

being lost

c)

having lost

d)

to loose

19.
_______ sick, Sam left school early.
a)
Feeling
b)
Fallen
c)
Having Feeling
d)
Felt
20.

This exercise is..... . Can you please help me?

a)

confuse

b)

confused

c)

confusing

d)

having confused

21.

.... with the good news, they went out for dinner.

a)

Please

b)

Pleased

c)

Pleasing

d)

Having been pleasing

22.

The Natural History Museum in London is .... ! You should definitely visit it!

a)

amaze

b)

amazed

c)

amazing

d)

being amazed

23.

The actor left the show after .... by the revelation of the scandal.

a)

embarrass

b)

embarrassed

c)

embarrassing

d)

having been embarrassed

24.

... the chocolate egg was very tempting, but I resisted because it is my brother's.

a)

Eat

b)

Eaten

c)

Eating

d)

Having eaten

25.

Sunday was a very ...... day.

a)

relax

b)

relaxed

c)

relaxing

d)

having relaxed

26.

They were .... by the noise coming from their neighbours' house.

a)

annoy

b)

annoyed

c)

annoying

d)

being annoying

27.
Which one is correct?
a)
Walking down the street, I felt happy.
b)
Walking down the street, the library felt happy.
28.
Which one is correct?
a)
Praised by the teacher, Tom was happy.
b)
Praised the teacher, Tom was happy. 
29.
______________ by the poor child's story, the composer wrote a touching song. 
a)
Inspiring
b)
Inspired
30.
__________________ by Mr Chow, Obama promised to pay attention in English lessons.
a)
Encouraged
b)
Encouraging
31.
_______________ by the reporter, the actor confessed that he broke into the actress's house.
a)
See
b)
Saw
c)
Seen
d)
Seeing
32.
______________ by his family, Peter has the courage to deal with difficulties in his life. 
a)
Love
b)
Loved
c)
Loving
33.
________________ writing every day, Mabel has made a lot of improvement in English. 
a)
Practise
b)
Practised
c)
Practising
34.
________________ a mile a day, Tom prepared well for the coming Marathon. 
a)
Run
b)
Ran
c)
Running
35.
__________________ care of his son by himself, Mr Chan has to sacrifice his free time. 
a)
Take
b)
Took
c)
Taken
d)
Taking
36.
______________ optimistic, Ivy believes that she will succeed one day. 
a)
Be
b)
Being
c)
Is
d)
Was
37.

The __________ toast was still on the table.

a)

burning

b)

burnt

c)

burns

38.

The thief abandoned the __________ car near the hospital.

a)

stealing

b)

steals

c)

stolen

39.

I never wash the car myself; I always have it ___________ .

a)

washed

b)

washing

c)

wash

40.

_______ down from the tree, the monkey could see many people.

a)

Looking

b)

Looks

c)

Looked

41.

________ a scream, the child ran as fast as he could.

a)

Heard

b)

Hears

c)

Hearing

42.

The child refused to play with the _____ racquet.

a)

breaking

b)

broken

c)

breaks

43.

This year, I went back to the old neighborhood where I grew up. I was ________ to see how much it had changed.

a)

surprised

b)

surprises

c)

surprising

44.

I felt ________ when I saw that my house was still standing.

a)

relieve

b)

relieved

c)

relieving

45.

The side of the house was covered with a ________ vine.

a)

climbed

b)

climb

c)

climbing

46.

The ________ child was like me at that age.

a)

excitement

b)

excited

c)

excite

47.

What is a participle?

a)

verb pretending to be a noun

b)

verb pretending to be an adjective

c)

noun pretending to be a noun

d)

adjective pretending to be a verb

48.

Find the participle:Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.

a)

sleep

b)

blinking

c)

could

d)

power

49.
Identify the participle(s).
Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.
a)
Defying
b)
surprised
c)
levitating
d)
defying, levitating
50.

Which of word is a participle?

The window, broken during the storm, let the icy winds into the cabin

a)

window

b)

broken

c)

during

d)

let

51.

Which word is a participle?

The man, burnt over seventy percent of his body, was rushed to a hospital in Denver.

a)

rushed

b)

the man

c)

rushed

d)

burnt

52.

Which word is a participle?

Boiling storm clouds threatened to wash out the picnic.

a)

boiling

b)

threatened

c)

wash

d)

out

53.

Choose which sentence contains a past particle.

a)

We have ate excellent food in Japan.

b)

We ate excellent food in Japan.

c)

We has eaten excellent food in Japan.

d)

We have eaten excellent food in Japan.

54.

What's the Past Participle of see ?

a)

saw

b)

seed

c)

seen

55.

What's the Past Participle of hear ?

a)

heared

b)

heard

c)

hearen

56.
Identify the participle(s).
The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.
a)
drowning
b)
struggled
c)
drowning, struggled
57.
Identify the participial phrase.
Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.
a)
quickly licked the ice cream
b)
licked the ice cream
c)
dripping down his arm
58.
Identify the participial phrase.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.
a)
Placing the cookies
b)
Placing the cookies in the oven
c)
burned his arm
59.
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
60.
What is the participle in the following sentence?
The sobbing child held his injured knee.
a)
The
b)
sobbing
c)
child
d)
held
61.

Identify the participial phrase.

Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

a)

ran toward the cake

b)

falling off the table

c)

falling off

d)

Max ran

62.

Identify the participle(s).

My mom cringed each time she heard the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

a)

cringed, heard

b)

pounding

c)

crashing, pounding

d)

cringed

e)

heard

63.

Identify the participle(s).

Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

a)

smiled

b)

wilting

c)

smiled, wilting

d)

sadly

64.

Identify the participle(s).

The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the surging water.

a)

drowning

b)

struggled

c)

drowning, struggled

d)

drowning, surging

65.

Identify the participle(s).

Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the warm house.

a)

shivering

b)

couple

c)

into

d)

warm

66.

Identify the participle(s).

The sobbing child held his injured knee.

a)

The

b)

sobbing

c)

child

d)

sobbing, injured

67.

Identify the participle.

The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.

a)

waterfall

b)

rocks

c)

over

d)

cascading

68.
Identify the participle(s).
Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.
a)
Enjoying
b)
Enjoying, jumped
c)
Enjoying, threw
d)
Enjoying, jumped, threw
69.
Identify the participle(s).
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.
a)
Braking
b)
stopped
c)
Braking, stopped
70.
Identify the participle(s).
William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.
a)
stepped
b)
hidden
c)
stepped, hidden
71.

Identify the participial phrase.

Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.

a)

Preparing for the weather

b)

grabbed her raincoat

c)

grabbed her raincoat and rain boots

d)

Meg grabbed

72.

Identify the participial phrase.

Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

a)

quickly licked the ice cream

b)

licked the ice cream

c)

dripping down his arm

d)

Mark quickly licked

73.

Identify the participial phrase.

Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.

a)

Placing the cookies

b)

Placing the cookies in the hot oven

c)

in the hot oven

d)

burned his arm

74.

Identify the participial phrase.

The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.

a)

The hummingbird

b)

flitting quickly from flower to flower

c)

held my attention

d)

for several minutes

75.

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)

on the counter

d)

smiled at the clerk

76.

Identify the participial phrase.

The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.

a)

roasting marshmallows

b)

roasting marshmallows around the fire

c)

told ghost stories to pass the time

d)

to pass the time

77.

Identify the participial phrase.

Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.

a)

Sweeping across the night sky, the bats

b)

Sweeping across the night sky

c)

the bats hunted

d)

hunted their prey.

78.

A dog (a)   by fire is scared of lightning

79.

(Search) (a)   for her gloves, she dug through the entire wardrobe.

80.

(Whistle) (a)   a song, she danced through the house with the mop.

81.

(Sit) (a)   in the shade, we ate cake and drank coffee.

82.

(Blind) (a)   by the sun, driver didn't see the stop sign.

83.

(Sing) (a)   by him, every song sounds wonderful.

84.

(Run) (a)   to the bus stop, she lost her shoe.

85.

(Prepare) (a)   by the chef himself, the dinner will be a real treat.

86.

(Fell) (a)   sick, Sam left the school.

87.

(Impress) (a)   by Daniel's work, the teacher gave him the highest score.

88.

The Harry Potter books, (a)   (write) by J.K.Rowling, have all been made into films.

89.

——- properly, every kind of foodill at least last up to the date of expiry.

a)

Preserved

b)

Preserving

c)

To preserve

d)

Having preserved

e)

Being preserved

90.

Animals that live in hot, dry environments, such as deserts, have systems that help——- the water in their bodies.

a)

Conserve

b)

To conserving

c)

is conserved

d)

Conserved

e)

To have been conserved

91.

Reabsorption accounts for 85 percent of the salt, water and other substances——- by the kidney.

a)

Processing

b)

Are processed

c)

Processed

d)

Process

e)

Having processed

92.

If——- and——- properly, it is nearly impossible for a building to collapse in case of an earthquake.

a)

Designed/ constructed

b)

Designing/ constructing

c)

Having designed/ constructed

d)

Were designed/ constructed

e)

Is designed/ is constructed

93.

Simply——- , a process chart is a recording device on which the various parts or steps in a process are noted and later studied.

a)

Having stated

b)

Is stated

c)

State

d)

Stated

e)

Has stated

94.

——- to talk about his abilities and achievements, the newly appointed manager started to work harder than usual.

a)

Having to want

b)

Wanted

c)

Having been wanted

d)

Not being wanting

e)

Not been wanted

95.

——- the party in opposition, some bureaucrats were forced to resign after the elections since the opposition party could not come to power.

a)

Being supported

b)

Having been supported

c)

Having supported

d)

To be supported

e)

Being supporting

96.

——- filthy for a long time, the flat needs to be cleaned by a cleaning company.

a)

Being

b)

To be

c)

Not having been

d)

Having been

e)

Not being

97.

——- again, Joshua decided to have an alarm system set up to his shop.

a)

Not havig robbed

b)

Having robbed

c)

Not to rob

d)

not to be robbed

e)

Not to have robbed

98.

The Ottoman Empire arose from a Turkish principality——- in Anatolia at the end of the 13 th century, after the empire of the Seljuk Turks——- and the Byzantine Empire was crumbling.

a)

Founded/ had collapsed

b)

Founding/ collapsed

c)

Being founded/ were collapsed

d)

Founded/ have collapsed

e)

Having founded/ had collapsed

99.

The index——- to evaluate the variation in the number of inhabitants all over the world——- the movement of population.

a)

Used/ called

b)

is used/ is called

c)

Used/ has called

d)

Has been used/ is called

e)

Used/ is called

100.

The plateu that ——- the island of Madagascar is a block ——- from the African mainland in an early geological period.

a)

Is forming/ is detached

b)

Forms/ detached

c)

Has formed/ detaching

d)

Is formed/ detached

e)

Forms/ had detached

101.

More than 80 % of the active volcanoes——- around the Pacific Ocean, ——— the well-known fire belt.

a)

Situated/ forming

b)

Having situated/ having formed

c)

Are situated/ being formed

d)

Are situated/ forming

e)

Have situated/ having formed

102.

The greatest expanse of lava is ——— at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, which consists pf an immense slab of basalt——- an area of one million square miles.

a)

Locating/ covering

b)

To locate/ to be covered

c)

Located/ covering

d)

Having located/ covering

e)

Is located/ covering

103.

Scientists know that a sudden and swift disturbance——- place at a certain spot in the Earth’s interior ——- vibrations that spread out in all directions as elastic waves.

a)

Takes/ causes

b)

Taking/ causing

c)

Has taken/ has caused

d)

Takes/ is causing

e)

Taking / causes

104.

The light patterns ——- by the eye——- by the brain before they make sense.

a)

Are recorded/ must be organised

b)

Recorded/ must be organised

c)

Having recorded/ are to be organised

d)

To be recorded/ is organised

e)

To have been recorded/ to have been organized

105.

The amount of solar energy that reaches the limit of the troposphere is almost constant, ——- only by 1 or 2 %.

a)

Varying

b)

Varies

c)

Having varied

d)

Varied

e)

To be varied

106.

Backgammon is a board game——- by two players, each with 15 markers, which at the beginning of the game——- in a standard initial configuration on the board.

a)

Played/ are placed

b)

Played/ place

c)

is played/ are placed

d)

To be played/ are placing

e)

Played/ have placed

107.

Both a philosophy and a religion, Taoism was founded in China by Lao- Tzu, who is said——- in 604 B.C.

a)

To be born

b)

To have born

c)

To have been born

d)

Having born

e)

To having been born

108.

The Victorian age is generally considered ——- in 1837, the year that Queen Victoria acceded to the throne.

a)

To begin

b)

Having begun

c)

To have begun

d)

Beginning

e)

Having been begun