Question 1

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.

Accepted Answer

The sentence is in the present perfect tense, which requires the use of the past participle form of the verb "use." "Used" is the correct past participle.

Question 2

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.

Accepted Answer

The verb tense should be consistent in the sentence. Instead of "lay" (past tense), it should be "lain" (past participle) to match the other past participles in the sentence ("bronze swords," "gold rings," "leather bags," and "clothing"). The corrected sentence would be: "Bronze swords, gold rings, leather bags, and clothing have lain in bogs for thousands of years."

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. Patients with muscle injuries and rheumatism have discovered that they feel better after taking a hot peat bath.

Accepted Answer

The sentence is correct. The past participle form of the verb 'take' is 'taken,' but in this sentence, the present participle 'taking' is used correctly to indicate an ongoing action.

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. In some areas, farmers have raise and harvested cranberries in bogs.

Accepted Answer

The past participle of "raise" is "raised," so the sentence should read "farmers have raised and harvested cranberries in bogs."

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. Bogs have appear on every continent in the world except icy Antarctica.

Accepted Answer

The past participle of "appear" is "appeared," so the correct sentence should be: "Bogs have appeared on every continent in the world except icy Antarctica."

Question 6

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.

Accepted Answer

The sentence is in the past tense, so the correct past participle should also be in the past tense. "Maintained" is the correct past participle and agrees with the past tense verb "has" in the sentence.

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. Scientists have studied the bodies of ancient people from all over the world who have remained nearly intact in their bog graves.

Accepted Answer

There is no error in the past participle in this sentence.

Question 8

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.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

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.

Accepted Answer

The sentence is in the present perfect tense, indicating that the action of the bulb earning a permanent place took place in the past and has continued into the present. Therefore, the correct form is the past participle "earned." "Earn" is the simple present tense and does not fit the context of the sentence.

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. During World War II, bog moss was use as a dressing for wounds.

Accepted Answer

The past participle of "use" is "used", so it should be "was used" instead of "was use".

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 not only served human needs; they provide a home for many insects, birds, and rare plant species as well.

Accepted Answer

The sentence is correct.

Question 12

Instructions: Select the correct noun for each blank. Louise dictated several ____ to her secretary.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

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.

Accepted Answer

"Began" is the past tense form of "begin" and should be replaced with "begun," which is the past participle form. Therefore, the sentence contains a past participle error.

Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

"Have shown" is the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and is still ongoing or has relevance to the present. "Showed" is the simple past tense, indicating a completed action in the past. The context of the sentence suggests that the manufacturers' lack of interest is an ongoing state, so the present perfect tense is the correct choice here.

Question 15

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.

Accepted Answer

"Has been" is in the present perfect tense, which requires the use of a past participle. "Visited" is the correct past participle form of "visit."

Question 16

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.

Accepted Answer

The past participle of "preserve" is "preserved". Therefore, the correct sentence should be "Artifacts and even human remains are often perfectly preserved beneath a bog's rich layers."

Question 17

Instructions: Select the correct noun for each blank. Children can sometimes recognize ____ and short words as early as age 2.

Accepted Answer

The sentence refers to "short words," which implies that there are multiple letters involved. Therefore, the plural form "letters" is the correct choice.

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. These living blankets have growed on top of dead layers of water-soaked vegetation, thus creating historical treasure troves.

Accepted Answer

The past participle of "to grow" is "grown" not "growed". The sentence should read, "These living blankets have grown on top of dead layers of water-soaked vegetation, thus creating historical treasure troves."

Question 19

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 .

Accepted Answer

The sentence is in past tense, so the correct past participle form of the verb "appear" is "appeared".

Question 20

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.

Accepted Answer

The past participle of "compose" is "composed," so the correct sentence would be "that is composed of moss, grass, and other wetland plants."

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