This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Absolute And Participial Phrases – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Absolute phrases can provide additional detail without altering the main sentence structure. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Write the infinitive phrase and its function. The sport to play in the fall is volleyball. A) To play/modifier. B) To play in the fall/modifier. C) Sport to play/noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To play in the fall/modifier. 3. Complete the sentence:The sun setting, ..... A) We decided to leave the beach. B) The sky turned orange. C) The waves were calming. D) It was a beautiful day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sky turned orange. 4. Find the appositive:Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, two American astronauts, first walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. A) Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. B) First walked on the moon. C) Two American astronauts. D) On July 20, 1969. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two American astronauts. 5. Complete the sentence with the correct irregular past participle to form the absolute phrase:All the snacks ..... , we had to go to the store for more. A) Eaten. B) Eated. C) Ate. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 6. Absolute phrases can only appear at the beginning of a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Complete the sentence with a prepositional phrase: "The car stopped ..... " A) She was driving. B) At the red light. C) Yesterday. D) Very fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the red light. 8. What is the form of phrase?Grunting and snuffling noisily, the bear reached on tiptoe for our suspended food bags. A) Participial. B) Appositive. C) Noun. D) Absolute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial. 9. How could you best combine these two sentences into one using an absolute phrase? "The sun had set. The air grew chilly." A) The sun had set, and the air grew chilly. B) After the sun set, the air grew chilly. C) The sun having set, the air grew chilly. D) The setting sun made the air grow chilly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun having set, the air grew chilly. 10. True or False:The absolute phrase in the following sentence is used logically. 'The pizza arrived, its wheels spinning quickly.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. ..... , the jury delivered its verdict. A) The evidence contradicting the defendant's alibi. B) The evidence contradicted the defendant's alibi. C) The evidence had contradicted the defendant's alibi. D) The evidence was contradicting the defendant's alibi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The evidence contradicting the defendant's alibi. 12. Complete the sentence by adding an absolute phrase at the end: "The hiker continued up the trail, ..... " A) While his legs were aching. B) His legs aching from the steep climb. C) Aching from the steep climb. D) And his legs ached. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His legs aching from the steep climb. 13. Complete the sentence:The children, ..... , waited for the bus. A) Backpacks on their shoulders. B) Backpack is on their shoulders. C) Have backpacks. D) With backpacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backpacks on their shoulders. 14. True or False:In the sentence 'Her hands shaking, she opened the gift, ' the absolute phrase 'Her hands shaking' only describes the word 'hands'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which part of this sentence is the absolute phrase:'The storm having passed, we resumed our hike.'? A) We resumed. B) Our hike. C) Resumed our hike. D) The storm having passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The storm having passed. 16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot. A) Hopes that you have. B) Trotting up to the fence. C) Have an apple or carrot. D) Trotting up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trotting up to the fence. 17. True or False:If you remove an absolute phrase from a sentence, you will still have a complete, correct sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Complete the sentence:Her project finally ..... , she breathed a sigh of relief. A) Completed. B) To complete. C) Was completed. D) Completing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completed. 19. In what position in the sentence is the appositive?Michigan, an amazing team, moved into the Sweet 16. A) Closer. B) Opener. C) Run on. D) Interrupter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interrupter. 20. Which part of speech is a participle often associated with in an absolute phrase? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 21. Paedagogo discedente A) When the tutor was about to leave. B) When the tutor is leaving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the tutor is leaving. 22. What distinguishes an absolute phrase from other types of phrases? A) It always functions as the main subject. B) It modifies the verb directly. C) It provides additional information about the main subject. D) It consists of a subject and predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It provides additional information about the main subject. 23. Appositive? Chatting and laughing, the students reminisced about middle school. A) Chatting and laughing. B) Students. C) Middle school. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NONE. 24. Complete the sentence using an absolute phrase:The match over, ..... to the locker room. A) Players head. B) The players head. C) The players heading. D) Playing the players. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The players head. 25. Which of the following is NOT an example of a participial phrase? A) Running toward the finish line, she felt exhilarated. B) The storm over, we went outside. C) Listening to music with her headphones, Ms. Norberg planned her lesson. D) Panicking from the lockdown announcement, the students and teachers barricaded the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The storm over, we went outside. 26. Complete the sentence with the past participle that correctly forms an absolute phrase: ..... early, we decided to get breakfast. A) To do our work. B) Our work was done. C) Doing our work. D) Our work done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Our work done. 27. Which of the following best describes an absolute phrase? A) A noun and a verb. B) A noun and a participle. C) Only a verb. D) A complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun and a participle. 28. What is the absolute phrase in the following sentence:The sun hovering with anticipation on the horizon, Dexter waited for his date to arrive. A) The sun hovering with anticipation on the horizon. B) Dexter waited for his date to arrive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun hovering with anticipation on the horizon. 29. Which sentence below uses an absolute phrase correctly? A) Looking lively, Kate danced all night. B) Kate dance all night, toes lit. C) Eyes gleaming, Kate danced all night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eyes gleaming, Kate danced all night. 30. What is the appositive phrase in the following:Clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had. A) George Bailey. B) , must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had. C) Clarence, an angel,. D) What a wonderful life he has had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Bailey. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAbsolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 1Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 2Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 3Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 4Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 5Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 6Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 7Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books