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Grade 3

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Participles are verb forms that act like _____________________.

a)

Adjectives

b)

Nouns

c)

Verbs

d)

Adverbs

2.

What are the two types of participles?

a)

Present and past

b)

Past and progressive

c)

Present and progressive

d)

Present and future

3.

Present participles always end in ___________________.

a)

"-ing"

b)

"-ed"

c)

"-en"

d)

"-s"

4.

Past participles can end in all of the following EXCEPT ____________.

a)

"-s"

b)

"-ed"

c)

"-t"

d)

"-en"

5.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

After the recent storm, my father finally replaced the broken hinges on the gate.

a)

broken

b)

replaced

c)

finally

d)

No participle

6.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

The flying insects were a nuisance for many of the people at the park.

a)

flying

b)

were

c)

park

d)

No participle

7.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

The annoyed teacher watched carefully as the students worked.

a)

annoyed

b)

watched

c)

worked

d)

No participle

8.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

The group of three studious girls were sitting quietly in the library.

a)

studious

b)

sitting

c)

quietly

d)

No participle

9.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

After college, Julianne became a trained guide for one of the national parks in Utah.

a)

became

b)

trained

c)

guide

d)

No participle

10.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

Sadly, Todd watched as his damaged car was towed away in the rain.

a)

sadly

b)

watched

c)

damaged

d)

No participle

11.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

Across the country, many farmers needed fenced land to hold the animals on their farms.

a)

needed

b)

hold

c)

No participle

d)

fenced

12.

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

Battered and bruised, the man won the boxing match.

a)

battered

b)

bruised

c)

boxing

d)

battered and bruised

13.

What is the function of "humming" in this sentence?

Humming softly, Lynda cheerfully cleaned her bicycle.

a)

Humming is the main verb in the sentence

b)

Humming is a present participle being used as a adjective

c)

Humming is a present participle being used as a noun

d)

Humming is a past participle being used as an adjective

14.

What is the function of "cleaned and polished" in this sentence?

Cleaned and polished, the old desk looked bright and shiny.

a)

Cleaned and polished are past participles being used as adjectives

b)

Cleaned and polished are the main verbs in the sentence

c)

Cleaned and polished are present particles being used as adjectives

d)

Cleaned and polished are present participles being used as nouns

15.

What is the function of "sleeping" in this sentence?

A loud clap of thunder woke the sleeping children from their nap.

a)

Sleeping is a past participle being used as an adjective

b)

Sleeping is the main verb in the sentence

c)

Sleeping the a present participle being used as a noun

d)

Sleeping is a present participle being used as an adjective

16.

What is the function of "parked" in this sentence?

The driver accidentally backed his truck into the parked car behind him.

a)

Parked is a present participle being used as an adjective

b)

Parked is the main verb in the sentence

c)

Parked is a past participle being used as an adjective

d)

Parked is a past participle being used as an noun

17.

What is the function of "ordered" in the following sentence?

The newly remodeled video store recently ordered a limited number of foreign films.

a)

Ordered is a past participle being used as an adjective

b)

Ordered is the main verb in the sentence

c)

Ordered is a past participle being used as an noun

d)

Ordered is a present participle being used as an adjective

18.

Identify the verb in the sentence.

The ice melts in the warm sun.

a)

ice

b)

melts

c)

warm

d)

sun

19.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


studied

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

20.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


will finish

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

21.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


cleans

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

22.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


speaking

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

23.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


shiny

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

d)

This is not a verb. It's an adjective!

24.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


went

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

25.

What is the past tense of talk?

(a)  

26.

What is the present tense of talk?

(a)  

27.

What is the future tense of dance?

(a)  

28.

When writing or using the "future tense", which word MUST be included as a helper?

a)

can

b)

will

c)

won't

29.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


whispers

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

30.

Study the word. What is its verb tense?


will complete

a)

past tense

b)

present tense

c)

future tense

31.

Marta always __________ her parents after class.

a)

help

b)

helps

c)

helped

d)

will help

32.

They _______ us last year.

a)

visit

b)

visits

c)

visited

d)

will visit

33.

They ______ the visitors at the farm tomorrow.

a)

entertain

b)

entertains

c)

entertained

d)

will entertain

34.

Feliz __________ ten years old next month.

a)

turn

b)

turns

c)

turned

d)

will turn

35.

Tomorrow, our teacher ________ the action of volcanoes.

a)

explain

b)

explains

c)

explained

d)

will explain

36.

The baby often ________ the doll's hair.

a)

pull

b)

pulls

c)

pulled

d)

will pull

37.

The bus __________ late at the terminal last night.

a)

A. arrive

b)

B. arrives

c)

C. arrived

d)

D. is arriving

38.
You will enjoy this book about inventions.
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
39.
In the past, people invented steam engines.
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
40.
What tense means right now?
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
d)
none of the above
41.
What tense means already happened?
a)
present
b)
past
c)
future 
d)
all of the above
42.
What tense means it will happen?
a)
past 
b)
present
c)
future
d)
present perfect
43.
What is the tense of the verb?
Superman destroyed the enemy.
a)
Present
b)
Past
c)
Future