Exam 31: The Past Participle

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.