Participial Phrases Quiz 10 (30 MCQs)

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1. Made of silk and lace, she found her grandmother's dress in an old trunk.
2. ..... , cherry blossoms are a sign of spring in Japan.
3. Which of the following is a past participial phrase describing a quasar?A quasar is a ..... supermassive black hole.
4. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence: "To win the championship is their ultimate goal."
5. Curled up inside a big one-meter drainage pipe that ran under the road, she had her baseball glove in her mouth, and she was rocking back and forth, banging her head repeatedly against the back of the pipe.
6. What is the participial phrase in "Covered in mud, the car needed washing" ?
7. Fill in the blank with the present participle:I met a boy ..... a box of chocolates.
8. I'd inch closer and closer, feeling the heat against my face.
9. Write a sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective to describe a house.
10. Identify the participle phrase. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.
11. Kahley, trying to keep calm, did not yell at Pierce when he took a pencil from her desk. What interrupter are you seeing?
12. She saw Nokomis waiting for her in the woods.
13. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence?"Frowning, he finally came out with a single marble" (Jeff Brumbeau, The Quiltmaker's Gift).
14. Analyze the participial phrase "Glaring at the opponent, the chess player made a decisive move" and discuss how it contributes to character development.
15. Children ..... have an advantage over monolingual children
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17. What is the participle in this sentence?The abandoned house was never visited on Halloween.
18. The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on.The participle in this sentence is .....
19. A present participial phrase ..... be removed from a sentence.
20. For dinner, Cindy enjoyed a hamburger topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup.
21. Working in the lab, the scientist created a robot.
22. Which is the participle phrase?The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
23. The child ( )to music can play computer games well.
24. Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river.The participial phrase in the above sentence is .....
25. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Dressed in his flight suit, the astronaut climbed into the spaceship.
26. Which is the participial phrase?Having discovered the error, the accountant corrected it immediately.
27. Identify the participial phrase.The general, riding to the front, led the attack.
28. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Tired from the long day, the students eagerly awaited the bell. A) Tired from the long day B) The students C) Eagerly awaited D) The bell
29. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Running through the water, the children of the city romped under the spray of the hydrant.
30. In the sentence below, which word should be followed by a comma? Shaking hands with people the president barely made it to his car.