This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Sparkling brightly, the sunlight made us squint. A) Us. B) Made us squint. C) Sparkling brightly,. D) The sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparkling brightly,. 2. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Observing his path, they said that Ares left blood, devastation, and grief behind him. A) Observing his path. B) They said that Ares. C) Left blood, devastation, and grief. D) Behind him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observing his path. 3. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.The bird singing loudly on that branch is a song sparrow. A) Song sparrow. B) Singing loudly. C) Singing loudly on that branch. D) The bird singing loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing loudly on that branch. 4. Although he would never admit it, Sebastian loved the cafeteria food. A) Participial Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Clause. 5. Identify the participial phrase.They boarded the ship lying in the harbor. A) They boarded. B) The ship lying. C) Lying in the harbor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying in the harbor. 6. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Covered in snow, my father's car was difficult to find in the parking lot. A) In the parking lot. B) Covered in snow. C) Was difficult to find. D) My father's car was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in snow. 7. What is the purpose of adding a participle or participial phrase? A) To evoke fear in the reader. B) To persuade an audience. C) To describe the imagery more clearly. D) To conclude the author's point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe the imagery more clearly. 8. Which noun is the participial phrase modifying?Quickly checking his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out. A) Answer. B) Test. C) Patrick. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patrick. 9. Moaning and groaning, the guests proclaimed the Thanksgiving feast a huge success. A) Feast, success. B) Proclaimed. C) Thanksgiving. D) Moaning, groaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moaning, groaning. 10. What is the participial phrase?Miss Perry, talking about participial phrases, tripped over the pencil. A) Over the pencil. B) Talking about participial phrases. C) Talking about. D) Tripped over the pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talking about participial phrases. 11. Identify the sentence with a present participle used as an adjective: A) She wrote a letter. B) The closed store was dark. C) They have eaten dinner. D) The boring movie put everyone to sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boring movie put everyone to sleep. 12. The children's favorite dishes were the stuffed turkey and the baked apples. A) Were. B) Turkey, apples. C) Dishes. D) Stuffed, baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stuffed, baked. 13. Identify the participial phrase:Some plants growing at an angle can straighten themselves up. A) Can straighten. B) Growing at an angle. C) Some plants. D) Can straighten themselves up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing at an angle. 14. Evaluate how the participial phrase "Sprinting towards the finish line, the athlete ignored the pain" enhances the narrative of determination and endurance. A) The athlete ignored the pain. B) Ignored the painTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) Towards the finish line. D) Sprinting towards the finish line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprinting towards the finish line. 15. Which option best combines these two sentences using a participial phrase? 'The chef chopped the onions. He was crying from the fumes.' A) Crying from the fumes, the chef chopped the onions. B) The chef chopped the onions, and he was crying from the fumes. C) The onions were chopped by the crying chef from the fumes. D) Chopping the onions, the fumes made the chef cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying from the fumes, the chef chopped the onions. 16. Past participles ..... A) End in-ing. B) End in-ed. C) End in-ing or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End in-ed. 17. Identify the participle in the sentence:'The barking dog kept me awake.' A) Bark. B) Barked. C) Barking. D) Barkinged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barking. 18. Which part of the sentence is the past participial phrase? EX:Michael, overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton, his number one college, danced down the hallway. A) Danced down the hallway. B) His number one college. C) Michael. D) Overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton. 19. Sitting in the freezer, the caveman stayed fresh. A) Fresh. B) Sitting. C) Caveman. D) Stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sitting. 20. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The sun set. The sky turned orange and pink. A) The sun set, turning the sky orange and pink. B) The sun set, the sky rained heavily. C) The sun set, the sky turned blue and green. D) The sun set, the sky filled with stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun set, turning the sky orange and pink. 21. Find the participial phrase in the sentence and the word it describes: "The painting, admired by everyone, was the highlight of the exhibit." A) By everyone; exhibit. B) Admired by everyone; painting. C) Was the highlight; exhibit. D) The highlight of the exhibit; painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admired by everyone; painting. 22. Identify the participial phrase:Stock traders investing in foreign markets have enjoyed a 40% yield this year. A) Have enjoyed a 40% yield. B) Have enjoyed. C) Traders investing in foreign markets. D) Investing in foreign markets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Investing in foreign markets. 23. Which of the following sentences contains a past participial phrase? A) The cat purring softly lay on the bed. B) The letter sent by the postman was urgent. C) The man jogging in the park is my uncle. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The letter sent by the postman was urgent. 24. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Giggling like a child, Marie handed the package to her brother. A) Giggling like a child modifies 'package'. B) Giggling like a child modifies 'brother'. C) Giggling like a child modifies 'handed'. D) Giggling like a child modifies 'Marie'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giggling like a child modifies 'Marie'. 25. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The girl, carrying a heavy backpack, struggled to climb the mountain.' A) Struggled. B) Mountain. C) Backpack. D) Girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Girl. 26. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly in her mother's dress. A) Relinquished by the nurse. B) Rushed across the room. C) Rooted shyly in her mother's dress. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relinquished by the nurse. 27. A participle is a form of a verb that acts as a ..... A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 28. Identify the participial phrase:The ski run covered with the most new powder attracted huge crowds of skiers. A) Run covered with. B) Covered with the most new powder. C) Attracted huge crowds of skiers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered with the most new powder. 29. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? Remembering Baby Neewo, Omakayas wept. A) Omakays. B) Baby Neewo. C) Omakayas wept. D) Remembering Baby Neewo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remembering Baby Neewo. 30. What is the function of a participle in a sentence? A) A participle functions as an adverb, modifying verbs. B) A participle functions as a conjunction, connecting clauses. C) A participle functions as a verb, indicating action. D) A participle functions as an adjective, describing a noun or pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A participle functions as an adjective, describing a noun or pronoun. 31. I saw a strange looking man enter the house wearing a leather jacket. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 32. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence?"A young physicist named Herb Anderson walked in, yawning, and helped do a few last-minute checks" (Steve Sheinkin, Bomb, 71.) A) A young physicist. B) Yawning. C) Herb Anderson walked in. D) A few last-minute checks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yawning. 33. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey. A) Hunted their prey. B) Across the night sky. C) Sweeping across. D) Sweeping across the night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweeping across the night sky. 34. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept for twelve hours. A) Slept for twelve hours. B) Exhausted by her effort. C) Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept. D) Myra slept for twelve hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhausted by her effort. 35. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Broken by the news, she couldn't stop crying.' A) She couldn't. B) Crying by the news. C) Stopped by the news. D) Broken by the news. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broken by the news. 36. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride, a fourteen-year-old became a squire. A) Demonstrating his ability to hunt. B) Demonstrating his ability. C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. 37. Find the Participial Pharse in the following sentence:The tourists, dazzled by the breathtaking scenery, has snapped countless photographs. A) Has snapped. B) Dazzled by the breathtaking scenery. C) The tourists. D) Countless photographs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dazzled by the breathtaking scenery. 38. What is the role of the participial phrase "covered in dust" in the sentence: "The old book, covered in dust, was found in the attic" ? A) It modifies the book. B) It modifies the dust. C) It modifies the attic. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It modifies the book. 39. Identify the participle in the following sentence:Sadly, Todd watched as his damaged car was towed away in the rain. A) Damaged. B) Watched. C) Sadly. D) No participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damaged. 40. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Puttering around in his basement workshop, Dad is able to forget the troubles of the day. A) Dad. B) Around in his basement. C) The troubles of the day. D) Workshop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dad. 41. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.1. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. (a) A) Raced. B) A. Expecting good news. C) Raced to the mailbox. D) Good news. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Expecting good news. 42. Analyze how the participial phrase "Shivering uncontrollably, the lost hiker awaited rescue" affects the mood and tone of the sentence. A) Shivering uncontrollably. B) The lost hiker. C) The lost hiker awaited rescue. D) Awaited rescueTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivering uncontrollably. 43. Identify the participial phrase:Three teenagers treated in the emergency room yesterday required stitches. A) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. B) Required stitches. C) In the emergency room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. 44. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.Slumped over a chair, I could think only of sleep. A) Of sleep. B) Slumped over a chair. C) Slumped over a chair, I could think. D) Could think only of sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slumped over a chair. 45. Which option best combines these two sentences using a participial phrase? "My dad fell asleep on the couch. He was exhausted from a long day at work." A) My dad fell asleep on the couch, and he was exhausted. B) Falling asleep on the couch, my dad was exhausted from a long day at work. C) Exhausted from a long day at work, my dad fell asleep on the couch. D) My dad, he fell asleep on the couch because he was exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhausted from a long day at work, my dad fell asleep on the couch. 46. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a present participial phrase to describe a nebula? A) The nebula is forming stars. B) The nebula forms stars. C) The nebula is formed by stars. D) The nebula is formed into stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nebula is forming stars. 47. I found a wallet walking down the streetArriving 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: B) Misplaced. 48. Standing in the doorway, Deydey held the furs in his arms. A) Deydey held the furs. B) In his arms. C) In the doorway. D) Standing in the doorway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Standing in the doorway. 49. How can participial phrases enhance writing? A) They can make writing more concise and straightforward. B) They can add detail and variety to writing, making it more engaging and descriptive. C) They can eliminate unnecessary words and improve clarity. D) They can only be used in formal writing contexts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can add detail and variety to writing, making it more engaging and descriptive. 50. Joe, ( ) near the school, always walks to school. A) Lives. B) Lived. C) Who living. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living. 51. What is the participial phrase?Kelli and Camden had to pick up the puzzle pieces scattered on the floor. A) Pieces scattered on the floor. B) On the floor. C) Scattered on the floor. D) Pick up the puzzle pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scattered on the floor. 52. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Spewing out smoke, the diesel truck chugged up the hill. A) The diesel truck. B) Smoke. C) Up the hill. D) Chugged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The diesel truck. 53. What role does a participial phrase play in a sentence? A) A participial phrase serves as the main verb in a sentence. B) A participial phrase is used to introduce a list of items. C) A participial phrase connects two independent clauses. D) A participial phrase modifies a noun or pronoun, adding descriptive detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A participial phrase modifies a noun or pronoun, adding descriptive detail. 54. Identify the type of participle in the following sentence:Running late, she missed her bus. A) Present participle. B) Past participle. C) Both. D) There is no participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present participle. 55. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Running quickly, she reached the finish line.' A) Running quickly. B) Reached the the finish line. C) Finish line. D) She reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running quickly. 56. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper.The eagle mesmerized the boy, soaring across the sky. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 57. Which of these words is a past participle that could describe a noun? A) Broke. B) Breaking. C) Breaks. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broken. 58. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence: "Exhausted from the hike, she fell asleep immediately." A) Exhausted from the hike. B) Fell asleep immediately. C) She fell asleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhausted from the hike. 59. What are participial phrases? A) Phrases that include a participle and its modifiers or complements. B) Phrases that include a participle and its subjects. C) Phrases that include a participle and its objects. D) Phrases that include a participle and its adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrases that include a participle and its modifiers or complements. 60. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Running quickly, the athlete crossed the finish line.' A) Crossing the finish line. B) Athlete running. C) Running quickly. D) Quickly running. 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