This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Absolute And Participial Phrases – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the absolute phrase in this sentence:'Their voices low, they discussed the plan in secret.' A) Their voices low. B) They discussed. C) Discussed the plan. D) The plan in secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their voices low. 2. True or False:This sentence correctly punctuates the essential (restrictive) appositive. The movie, 'Dino Planet, ' is my favorite. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Identify the sentence that contains an absolute phrase used to convey result. A) The children laughing, the parents watched happily. B) The project completed ahead of schedule, the team received praise. C) The lights flickering, we decided to leave. D) The book lying open, she lost track of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The project completed ahead of schedule, the team received praise. 4. An absolute can occur in the ..... or ..... positions A) Opening, delayed. B) Opening, closing. C) Delayed, closing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opening, delayed. 5. Where would you put the comma in the following sentence?Backpack dragging behind him the little boy got onto the bus. A) After dragging. B) After boy. C) After him. D) After behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After him. 6. Equo in urbem tracto A) When the horse was dragged into the city. B) When the horse is dragging into the city. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the horse was dragged into the city. 7. Which is an example of an absolute phrase modifying a sentence? A) The class's progress made the teacher smile. B) The teacher smiled, pleased with the class's progress. C) The teacher smiled because she was pleased. D) The teacher smiled as the class progressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher smiled, pleased with the class's progress. 8. In which sentence does the absolute phrase effectively convey emotion? A) The weather was nice. B) The cat was playful. C) Her eyes filled with tears, she read the letter. D) The dog barked loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her eyes filled with tears, she read the letter. 9. Which combination is used to create an absolute phrase? A) A noun and a verb. B) A noun and an adjective. C) A noun and an ing verb OR a noun and an ed verb. D) A noun and a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A noun and an ing verb OR a noun and an ed verb. 10. What is the absolute phrase in the following sentence:The heat of the day relenting, the sun set beyond the sparkling lake. A) The heat of the day relenting. B) The sun set beyond the sparkling lake. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The heat of the day relenting. 11. Which option best combines these two sentences using an absolute phrase? 'Her voice was trembling. She told the scary story.' A) Her voice trembling, she told the scary story. B) She told the scary story, and her voice was trembling. C) Her voice was trembling while she told the scary story. D) Trembling her voice, she told the scary story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her voice trembling, she told the scary story. 12. Identify the absolute phrase in this sentence:Her heart pounding with excitement, she ran to greet her friends. A) Her heart. B) Her heart pounding with excitement. C) She ran. D) Pounding with excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her heart pounding with excitement. 13. Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? In It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies ever made, a character named Clarence wants to get his wings. A) Essential (or restrictive) appositive. B) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive. 14. Complete the sentence: ..... , the lights went out. A) While it rained. B) The wind howling. C) The power failed. D) At night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind howling. 15. True or False:The absolute phrase in the following sentence is logical. 'The sun setting in the west, we ate breakfast and got ready for school.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. In the sentence, 'The movie finally over, we all stretched and stood up, ' which concept does the absolute phrase demonstrate? A) The function of a dependent clause. B) The structure of a prepositional phrase. C) The omission of the word 'being'. D) The use of a present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The omission of the word 'being'. 17. Identify the absolute phrase in the below sentence.Lips quivering, mouth salivating, the dog chased the burglar out of the dark house. A) Lips quivering, mouth salivating,. B) The dog chased the burglar. C) Out of the house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lips quivering, mouth salivating,. 18. True or False:This sentence is grammatically correct as written. My alarm blaring for the tenth time I finally rolled out of bed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. You want to make this sentence more descriptive:'The old dog slept on the rug.' Which revision uses an absolute phrase most effectively? A) The old dog slept on the rug, its paws twitching as it dreamed. B) The old dog slept on the rug and its paws were twitching. C) The old dog's paws were twitching while it slept on the rug. D) Twitching its paws, the old dog slept on the rug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The old dog slept on the rug, its paws twitching as it dreamed. 20. True or False? An absolute phrase is always separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma, or a pair of commas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Which punctuation is commonly used to set off an absolute phrase? A) Commas. B) Quotation marks. C) Parentheses. D) Hyphens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commas. 22. What is the absolute phrase in the sentence: "The car rusted and worthless, I left it at the junkyard" ? A) The car rusted and worthless. B) I left it at the junkyard. C) Rusted and worthless. D) The car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The car rusted and worthless. 23. Ianua celeriter claudente A) Since the door was closing quickly. B) Since the door was closed quickly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since the door was closing quickly. 24. Senatoribus legem mutaturis A) If the senators are going to change the law. B) When the senators changed the law. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the senators are going to change the law. 25. Which of the following is an absolute phrase, not a dependent clause? A) After the storm started. B) The storm having started. C) The storm that started. D) Because the storm started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The storm having started. 26. An absolute phrase is most often made up of what two parts? A) A verb and an adverb. B) A noun and a participle. C) A preposition and a noun. D) An adjective and a conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun and a participle. 27. Which option best combines these two sentences using an absolute phrase? 'The project was finally done. We all breathed a sigh of relief.' A) The project finally done we all breathed a sigh of relief. B) We all breathed a sigh of relief, the project was finally done. C) The project finally done, we all breathed a sigh of relief. D) Because the project was finally done, we all breathed a sigh of relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The project finally done, we all breathed a sigh of relief. 28. What is the appositive(s) phrase? A) Mr. Riley. B) Mr. Riley, our neighbor. C) Our neighbor. D) Moving to a different city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our neighbor. 29. True or False:You are most likely to find a lot of absolute phrases in a science textbook or a car repair manual. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Complete the sentence:The car raced down the street, its engine ..... loudly. A) Roared. B) Was roaring. C) Roaring. D) To roar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roaring. ← 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 8Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books