Deck 31: The Past Participle

Question 1

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." Patients with muscle injuries and rheumatism have discovered that they feel better after taking a hot peat bath.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. Its most recent home, Fire Station No. 6, has been
____ by many tourists sine the light bulb was installed there in 1976.

A) visit
B) visited

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." A bog is an area of soft, waterlogged ground that is compose of moss, grass, and other wetland plants.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." During World War II, bog moss was use as a dressing for wounds.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 5

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." For instance, bronze swords, gold rings, leather bags, and clothing have lay in bogs for thousands of years.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 6

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. In a small town in northern California, the world's longest-burning light bulb has
____ for over a century.

A) glowed
B) glown

Question 7

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." In some areas, farmers have raise and harvested cranberries in bogs.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 8

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. Donated to the Livermore Fire Department in 1901, the bulb is
____ closely by firefighters and city historians to keep its light burning brightly.

A) watch
B) watched

Question 9

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. Hand blown by the long defunct Shelby Electric Company, the light bulb has
____ its longevity through a special carbide filament no longer in use.

A) maintain
B) maintained

Question 10

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." Artifacts and even human remains are often perfectly preserve beneath a bog's rich layers.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 11

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." Bogs have appear on every continent in the world except icy Antarctica.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 12

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. The bulb has
____ only three times over the years, during moves between fire stations.

A) dimmed
B) dim

Question 13

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. For many decades, tungsten filaments have been
____ by makers of contemporary light bulbs, with life spans of 750 to 4,000 hours.

A) use
B) used

Question 14

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." Scientists have studied the bodies of ancient people from all over the world who have remained nearly intact in their bog graves.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 15

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." These living blankets have growed on top of dead layers of water-soaked vegetation, thus creating historical treasure troves.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 16

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. Clearly, the bulb has
____ a permanent place not only in the hearts of Livermore residents, but also in the pages of electrical history.

A) earned
B) earn

Question 17

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. In addition, the famous bulb has
____ in the Guinness Book of World Records and on Ripley's Believe-It-or-Not .

A) appear
B) appeared

Question 18

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." Bogs not only provide valuable historical insights; they also contain peat that workers over the centuries have cutted and dry to burn as fuel.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 19

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. Not surprisingly, manufacturers have
____ little interest in returning to a filament that could put them out of business.

A) shown
B) showed

Question 20

Instructions: Select the correct past participle for each blank. In fact, a backup generator was
____ by the fire station in case of a blackout.

A) installed
B) install

Question 21

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the correct helping verb and past participle form. Only after he moved did he realize that he
____ away his favorite photos.

A) has throwed
B) has thrown
C) had thrown

Question 22

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the correct helping verb and past participle form. My son
____ by your dog.

A) was bitten
B) were bitten
C) was bit

Question 23

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." Environmentalists have began to realize that the bog, with its varied uses, must be preserve.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 24

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the correct helping verb and past participle form. Tomas's outrageous antics
____ the attention of the camp counselors.

A) has attracted
B) have attracted
C) does attract

Question 25

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the correct helping verb and past participle form. Marina's mother
____ her diary more than once.

A) has readed
B) has read
C) have read

Question 26

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct helping verb and past participle form. Select the letter of the correct answer. Angela
____ dozens of phone calls for the Channel 41 telethon.

A) has made
B) have made
C) had maded

Question 27

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct helping verb and past participle form. Select the letter of the correct answer. Detective Brandi Jenkins recovered the iPhones that the thieves ____.

A) has stolen
B) had stolen
C) have stolen

Question 28

Instructions: Proofread the following sentences, which form an essay, for errors in the past participle. If the sentence contains a past participle error, select "Past participle error." If the sentence is correct, select "Correct." Bogs have not only served human needs; they provide a home for many insects, birds, and rare plant species as well.

A) Past participle error
B) Correct

Question 29

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct helping verb and past participle form. Select the letter of the correct answer. The gardener
____ about these wild onions for months.

A) have known
B) has known
C) has know

Question 30

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct helping verb and past participle form. Select the letter of the correct answer. Professors Smithson and Knoll
____ on math anxiety at three different colleges this year.

A) have speak
B) have spoken
C) has spoken

Question 31

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct helping verb and past participle form. Select the letter of the correct answer. All the invitations for the wedding
____ before I realized the date was incorrect.

A) were mailed
B) was mailed
C) were mail

Question 32

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the correct helping verb and past participle form. Our English breakfast included toast, scrambled eggs, ham, and
____ tomatoes.

A) stewed
B) stew
C) stewd