This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Confused by the identical twins, Mr. Fatar threw up his hands in wonder. A) Baffled by the loud noise; it modifies 'Mr. Fatar'. B) Surprised by the sudden change; it modifies 'the twins'. C) Confused by the identical twins; it modifies 'Mr. Fatar'. D) Amused by their antics; it modifies 'the hands'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confused by the identical twins; it modifies 'Mr. Fatar'. 2. It is hard to believe that my favorite time of year, Christmas, is nearly here! What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive. 3. What is the participial phrase in this sentence?The happy coach waved at the fans cheering in the upper deck. A) Waved at the fans. B) The happy coach. C) Cheering in the upper deck. D) Coach waved at the fans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheering in the upper deck. 4. Which sentence is not the appropriate change from the adverb clause to a participial phrase.Before I left home, I promised my parents that I would return. A) Before leaving home, I promised my parents that I would return. B) Before left home, I promised my parents that I would return. C) I promised my parents that I would return before leaving home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before left home, I promised my parents that I would return. 5. Discuss the effectiveness of the participial phrase in the sentence "Covered in mud, the dog happily ran through the house" in expressing the dog's actions and the possible consequences. A) The dogTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. B) Covered in mud. C) Through the house. D) The dog happily ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in mud. 6. Mother found an old trunk looking for something in the attic. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 7. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The hikers, surprised by the sudden rain, quickly put on their jackets. A) By the sudden rain. B) Quickly put on. C) Surprised by the sudden rain. D) Put on their jackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surprised by the sudden rain. 8. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma with a participial phrase? A) Tired from the long day at work he, went straight to bed. B) Tired from the long day at work, he went straight to bed. C) Tired from the long day at work he went, straight to bed. D) Tired from the long day at work he went straight to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tired from the long day at work, he went straight to bed. 9. ..... , the table looks strong. A) Grown in a sunny garden. B) Told by a funny man. C) Covered with leaves. D) Made of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made of wood. 10. In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase capitalized? A) Birds at our feeder flew away when THEY SAW A HAWK. B) The DUCK WAS WADDLING ACROSS the grassy field. C) The colorful BIRDS BUILDING A NEST are orioles. D) It is amazing that BIRDS ARE ABLE TO FLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The colorful BIRDS BUILDING A NEST are orioles. 11. A past participle will have the following ending A) -ing. B) -ed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ed. 12. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Running quickly through the forest, the deer and its young soon disappeared from sight. A) Soon disappeared. B) Running quickly through the forest. C) From sight. D) Disappeared from sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly through the forest. 13. In the following sentence, which word does the participial phrase modify?The dogs greeted their owner at the door, barking loudly. A) Door. B) Dogs. C) Owner. D) Loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dogs. 14. What is a common way to correct a run-on sentence? A) Add a comma. B) Remove the subject. C) Replace it with a fragment. D) Use a semicolon or period to separate the clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use a semicolon or period to separate the clauses. 15. Identify the misplaced participial phrase in the following sentence: "Running quickly, the bus was missed by the student." A) The bus was missed. B) Running quickly. C) The studentTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. D) By the student. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly. 16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.I believe I saw the maid climbing the stairs toward the forbidden room. A) Climbing the stairs toward the forbidden room; it modifies 'maid'. B) The maid climbing the stairs; it modifies 'room'. C) Climbing the stairs; it modifies 'I'. D) Climbing the forbidden room; it modifies 'stairs'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climbing the stairs toward the forbidden room; it modifies 'maid'. 17. My Mom and Dad always ate my discarded Halloween candy A) Mom, Dad. B) Ate. C) Discarded. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discarded. 18. Which of the following is a present participial phrase? A) Reached for the cookie jar. B) Was reaching for the cookie jar. C) Balancing on his tiptoes. D) Had reached for the cookie jar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balancing on his tiptoes. 19. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase?Wearing a lei around her neck, the hula dancer moved to the rhythms of the ukulele. A) Moved. B) Moved to the music. C) Wearing a lei around her neck. D) The hula dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wearing a lei around her neck. 20. Determine the word modified by the participial phrase "filled with joy" in the sentence: "The child, filled with joy, opened the gift." A) Child. B) Joy. C) Gift. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child. 21. Floating on the surface of the pond, we say some beautiful water lilies.Arriving at the bank, ound that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 22. Which part of the sentence is the participial phrase? Frightened by the thunder, the puppy hid under the bed. A) Hid under the bed. B) The puppy hid. C) Frightened by the thunder. D) By the thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frightened by the thunder. 23. In the sentence 'The crying baby needs to be comforted', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Baby. B) Crying. C) Needs. D) Comforted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baby. 24. Which is the participial phrase?The road, winding in and out, was not easy to follow. A) The road, winding in and out. B) In and out. C) Was not easy to follow. D) Winding in and out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winding in and out. 25. Participles act as ..... and end in ..... A) Adjectives;-ing, -d, -t, or-n. B) Verbs;-los, -ly, -out. C) Pronouns;-an, -our, -ginning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectives;-ing, -d, -t, or-n. 26. Having a heavy suitcase, the conductor assisted me.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 27. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Swaying to the music, the crowd of dancers moved as one. A) The music. B) The crowd of dancers. C) As one. D) Moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crowd of dancers. 28. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Exhausted from the run, the athlete collapsed'? A) Collapsed. B) Athlete. C) Run. D) Exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athlete. 29. Printed on both sides, the test contained seventy-five questions about the American Revolution. A) Printed on both sides. B) The test. C) Contained seventy-five questions. D) About the American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Printed on both sides. 30. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table. A) Falling off the table. B) The cake. C) Toward. D) Max. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling off the table. 31. Which of the following is a present participial phrase describing a nebula?A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust that is ..... stars. A) Forming. B) Formed by. C) Forming into. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forming. 32. Which is not the rule of the subordinator in the reduced adverb clauses? A) Retain before, and retain since when it is a time subordinator. B) Retain as when it is a time subordinator. C) Delete all three reason subordinators because, since, and as. D) Retain after, while, and when if the participial phrase follows theindependent clause. When the phrase is in another position, youmay either retain or delete these subordinators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retain as when it is a time subordinator. 33. In the sentence 'The broken window was finally repaired', what is the participial phrase and what word does it modify? A) The repaired window modifies the word 'window'. B) The running window modifies the word 'window'. C) The blue window modifies the word 'window'. D) The broken window modifies the word 'window'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The broken window modifies the word 'window'. 34. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:Excited about the trip, Sarah packed her bags. A) Excited about the trip B) Sarah packed C) Her bags D) Packed her bags A) Sarah packed. B) Excited about the trip. C) Her bags. D) Packed her bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited about the trip. 35. In the following sentence, which word does the participial phrase modify? Sitting up uncomfortably, Joe tried to get some sleep. A) Sleep. B) Tried. C) Joe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joe. 36. What is the participial phrase?The tourists admired the painting hanging in the museum. A) Painting hanging in the museum. B) Admired the painting. C) In the museum. D) Hanging in the museum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hanging in the museum. 37. Which part of the sentence below is the participial phrase? The weather-worn house sat on a hill surrounded by barren fields. A) Sat on a hill. B) By barren fields. C) Surrounded by barren fields. D) The weather-worn house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surrounded by barren fields. 38. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.My mom told us about the new library planned for the neighborhood. A) Planned for the neighborhood modifies 'library'. B) New library planned modifies 'neighborhood'. C) The new library modifies 'planned'. D) Planned for the neighborhood modifies 'mom'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planned for the neighborhood modifies 'library'. 39. Which sentence contains a participial phrase at the end? A) The dog chased the cat around the yard. B) The excited child opened his presents. C) Walking quickly, John arrived on time. D) We watched the stars, twinkling in the night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We watched the stars, twinkling in the night sky. 40. Commencing to rain, we turned backArriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 41. In which sentence is a participle capitalized? A) Some ducks sat on a FLOATING log in the river. B) Some ducks sat on floating LOG in the river. C) Some ducks SAT on a floating log in the river. D) SOME ducks sat on a floating log in the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some ducks sat on a FLOATING log in the river. 42. True or False question?A participle modifies a noun or pronoun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Ginger, pulling the blue blanket over her head, refused to get out of bed. A) Her head. B) The blue blanket. C) Get out of bed. D) Ginger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ginger. 44. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Noted for her beauty, Venus was sought by all the gods as a wife. A) Noted for her beauty. B) Venus was. C) Sought by all. D) The gods as a wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noted for her beauty. 45. Identify the noun or pronoun being modified by the participle. Publix sold packaged bakery goods. A) Publix. B) Sold. C) Bakery goods. D) Packaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bakery goods. 46. Joe, searching for the code, was really excited. A) Searching. B) Code. C) Really. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Searching. 47. What noun is the participle modifying?"Frowning, he finally came out with a single marble" (Jeff Brumbeau, The Quiltmaker's Gift). A) Marble. B) Frowning. C) Quilt. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He. 48. What is the difference between a verb and a participle? A) A verb is always in the past tense, while a participle is in the present tense. B) A verb is used to describe a noun, while a participle is used to describe an adverb. C) A verb shows action or state of being, while a participle is a verb form used as an adjective. D) A verb can only be a single word, while a participle must be a phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A verb shows action or state of being, while a participle is a verb form used as an adjective. 49. Locate the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Excited about the trip, the children packed their bags.' A) The children packed their bags. B) Packed their bags. C) Excited children. D) Excited about the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excited about the trip. 50. Undeterred by the seemingly unsurmountable hurdle, William Wilberforce continue to forge ahead to abolish slavery in the British Empire. A) Participial Phrase. B) Absolute Phrase. C) Appositive phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial Phrase. 51. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Excited for the game, the fans cheered loudly. A) Excited for the game B) The fans C) Cheered loudly D) For the game A) For the game. B) Excited for the game. C) The fans. D) Cheered loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited for the game. 52. The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 53. Which sentence is the appropriate change from the adverb clause to a participial phrase.Because I am the eldest son, I am responsible for taking care of my parents. A) Because the eldest son, I am responsible for taking care of my parents. B) Being the eldest son, I am responsible for taking care of my parents. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being the eldest son, I am responsible for taking care of my parents. 54. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a present participial phrase to describe a quasar? A) The quasar is emitting energy. B) The quasar is formed into a supermassive black hole. C) The quasar forms energy. D) The quasar is formed by a supermassive black hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The quasar is emitting energy. 55. Food sealed in cans was given to the campers. A) Sealed. B) Given. C) Was. D) Campers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sealed. 56. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The students, excited about the trip, packed their bags.' A) The students. B) Packed their bags. C) About the trip. D) Excited about the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excited about the trip. 57. Which part of the sentence is a participle?Nate, Nathan, and Nathaniel took a walking tour of New York City. A) Walking tour. B) Walking. C) Took. D) New York City. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking. 58. During class, Cordell sat in the corner, grinning like a chesire cat. A) Sat in the corner. B) Cordell. C) During class. D) Grinning like a chesire cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grinning like a chesire cat. 59. Which of the following best describes the participial phrase in "Wanting a treat that Mother had forbidden, he risked punishment" ? A) Present participial phrase with a direct object. B) Present participial phrase containing a prepositional phrase. C) Present participial phrase with both a direct object and an embedded clause. D) Past participial phrase containing an embedded clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present participial phrase with both a direct object and an embedded clause. 60. The screaming ghost startled all the children. A) Startled. B) Never. C) Screaming. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Screaming. 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