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Present, past participle words, phrases, clauses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on.
The participle in this sentence is ______.
a)
finally
b)
crying
c)
favorite
d)
important
2.

Identify the participle(s).

William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

a)

stepped

b)

hidden stepped,

c)

hidden

3.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ the daughter of the emperor, she got everything she wished for.

a)

BEING

b)

HAVING BEEN

4.

Write the Past Participle of "visit"

(a)  

5.

What is the participle?


The annoyed boss disciplined the tardy employee.

a)

boss

b)

disciplined

c)

annoyed

d)

tardy

6.
What is the participle in the following sentence?
The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.
a)
waterfall
b)
rocks
c)
over
d)
cascading
7.

The past participle of 'break' is ...

a)

breaken

b)

broke

c)

broken

8.

Complete the Present Participle Clause:


Standing in the queue,

a)

I realised I didn't have any money.

b)

I go to school every day.

c)

I love my new jeans.

9.

What's the past participle of write?

a)

Writed

b)

written

c)

writen

d)

wrote

10.

The past participle of 'live' is __________.

a)

lives

b)

live

c)

lived

11.

Participles and participle phrases act as

a)

nouns

b)

verbs

c)

adverbs

d)

adjectives

12.

The past participle of TEACH is (a)  

13.

Identify the form of the underlined verb.


Yesterday I took a long walk.

a)

Present

b)

Present Participle

c)

Past

d)

Past Participle

14.
Identify the underlined verbal in the sentence.
The grating sound made my head ache. 
a)
Gerund
b)
Infinitive
c)
Participle
15.

Past participle: buy

a)

bougth

b)

boght

c)

bought

d)

booght

16.
How is the underlined word functioning?
The deserted town was said to have many ghosts.
a)
Verb
b)
Participle
c)
Gerund
17.
Identify the verbal:
The bent rake was difficult to use.
a)
gerund
b)
participle 
c)
verb phrase
18.

................. the necessary qualifications, she was not hired for a job.

a)

Being lacked

b)

Lacking

c)

Because lacking

19.

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses that she bought last weekend.

a)

bought last weekend

b)

looked for her sunglasses

c)

last weekend

d)

Searching the glove compartment

20.
My clothes have shrunk!
a)
infinitive
b)
past
c)
past part
d)
present part