Participles as Verbs and Adjectives

Participles as Verbs and Adjectives

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Participles as Verbs and Adjectives

Participles as Verbs and Adjectives

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the participles in the following sentence: Battered and bruised, the man won the boxing match.

Battered

Bruised

Boxing

Battered and bruised

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the participle in the following sentence: The horse, trotting up to the fence, hopes that you have an apple or carrot.

Trotting

Hopes

Apple

Carrot

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Participles and Infinitives are both verbals. This means they are formed from what part of speech?

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Participles function as what part of speech?

Nouns

Adverbs

Verbs

Adjectives

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Can you identify the sentence that correctly uses a participle as an adjective?

The cat likes to sleep on the windowsill. In this sentence, 'to sleep' is an infinitive verb used to express the cat's preference or habit.

Sleeping can be difficult when you're stressed. Here, 'Sleeping' is a gerund, which is a verb form that acts as a noun in the sentence.

The sleeping cat on the windowsill looks peaceful. In this sentence, 'sleeping' is a present participle used as an adjective to describe the cat.

To sleep for eight hours is recommended for health. In this sentence, 'to sleep' is an infinitive verb expressing a general recommendation.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The exhausted children napped on the floor.

Participle

Gerund

Infinitive

None of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which are the two types of [verb] participles?

present & perfect

past & helping

past & present

passive & active

passive & aggressive

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