Exam 31: The Past Participle

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.

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.

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 ____.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 .