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Present, past participle words, phrases, clauses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

fall in past participle

(a)  

2.

What is the past participle of: JOIN

a)

JOINING

b)

JOINS

c)

JOINED

d)

JOY

3.

What's the verbal?

I feel falling rain upon my head.

a)

participle

b)

gerund

c)

infinitive

4.

The past participle of "be" is...

a)

are

b)

is

c)

was

d)

been

5.

Past participle of EAT

a)

Eat

b)

Ate

c)

Eaten

d)

Eatened

6.
Identify the participle, participial, phrase in the sentence below.
Chosen by the selection committee, I was honored to receive the award.
a)
Chosen by the selection committee
b)
I was honored
c)
to receive the award
d)
by the selection committee
7.

Wearing/Worn/Having been worn under normal clothes, a thermal layer keeps you warm in minus temperatures.

a)

Wearing

b)

Worn

c)

Having been worn

8.

Although they tried, they couldn't solved the puzzling mystery.

a)

infinitive

b)

gerund

c)

present participle

d)

past participle

9.

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Swimming, another aquatic sport, demands physical endurance.

a)

Swimming, another aquatic sport

b)

Swimming

c)

There is no participial phrase.

10.
The Joker came up with a terrifying plan.
What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?
a)
gerund
b)
infinitive
c)
participle
d)
not a verbal
11.

What is the past participle of the verb ¨Try¨?

a)

tried

b)

tryed

12.

Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.


Sparkling brightly, the sunlight made us squint.

a)

made us squint.

b)

us

c)

Sparkling brightly,

d)

the sunlight

13.

Identify the participle in the sentence:

Laughing, the boys raced across the court.

a)

Laughing

b)

raced

c)

across

d)

court

14.

How is the underlined word being used:

My skiing instructor was from Utah.

a)

verb

b)

participle

c)

gerund

15.

What's the verbal?

I feel falling rain upon my head.

a)

participle

b)

gerund

c)

infinitive

16.

What kind of word might begin a participial phrase?

a)

a verb ending in ed or ing

b)

a noun or a pronoun

c)

a plural word

d)

a non-verbal

17.

What is the past participle of verb "Awake"?

a)

Awaken

b)

Awoken

c)

Awoke

d)

Awaked

18.

Identify the past participle of the verb.


Beat

(a)  

19.
Identify the participle in the sentence below. 
The Haitian sun has made the cross-Atlantic journey to shine on her dispossessed children. 
a)
Haitian
b)
shine
c)
dispossessed
d)
children
20.
The exhausted children napped on the floor.
a)
Participle
b)
Gerund
c)
Infinitive
d)
None of the above