This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the sentence is a participle? The budding branches remind us that spring is approaching. A) Remind. B) Budding. C) Spring. D) Branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Budding. 2. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper.Coming out of the market, the bananas fell on the pavement. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling participle. 3. Correct the misplaced participial phrase in the sentence:'Walking down the street, the store caught my eye.' A) Walking down the street, the store was visible. B) Walking down the street, the store was closed. C) Walking down the street, I noticed the store. D) Walking down the street, the store was crowded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking down the street, I noticed the store. 4. Create a participial phrase using the verb 'paint'. A) Painted the house. B) Painter of the masterpiece. C) Paints the canvas. D) Painting the walls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Painting the walls. 5. Identify the participial phrase and the noun it modifies: "The athlete, exhausted after the race, collapsed at the finish line." A) Collapsed at the finish line; athlete. B) After the race; race. C) Exhausted after the race; athlete. D) At the finish line; race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhausted after the race; athlete. 6. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Knocking over the trashcan, the raccoon ate the leftovers. A) Raccoon. B) Leftovers. C) Trashcan. D) Knocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raccoon. 7. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence: "The car, parked in the garage, was safe from the storm." A) The car. B) Parked in the garage. C) Was safe from the storm. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parked in the garage. 8. ..... , Nara Park is home to friendly deer. A) Dropped on the floor. B) Loved by tourists. C) Lost in the city. D) Finished with his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loved by tourists. 9. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Bothered by roaches, I called an exterminator. A) By roaches. B) I. C) Called. D) An exterminator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 10. Before school, Shyann read her book, waiting for the bus. A) Before school. B) Shyann read her book. C) Waiting for the bus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waiting for the bus. 11. Scratching her head, Ximena tried to figure out the problem. A) The problem. B) Ximena tried. C) Scratching her head. D) To figure out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scratching her head. 12. Find the participle phrase:The girl singing the national anthem is my cousin, Jamie. A) The girl. B) Is my cousin. C) Singing the national anthem. D) Jamie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing the national anthem. 13. Seeking an answer the problem was solvedArriving 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. 14. Identify the participle of the following sentence:Children interested in music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Strong. B) Early. C) Develop. D) Interested. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interested. 15. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Cindy, exhausted from working all day, lay on the couch. A) Cindy. B) Exhausted from working all day. C) Lay on the couch. D) Working all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhausted from working all day. 16. Lainey, frequenting the library often, loved reading books by a new author. What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 17. Which sentence uses the participle correctly to describe the feeling? A) The story was so interesting I couldn't put the book down. B) The story was so interested I couldn't put the book down. C) The story was so interest I couldn't put the book down. D) The story was so interests I couldn't put the book down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The story was so interesting I couldn't put the book down. 18. ..... , the food smelled delicious. A) Written by a famous author. B) Hurt by the storm. C) Made of wood. D) Cooked on a grill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooked on a grill. 19. Arriving at the bank, oOne of the little refugees hid behind her mother, crying bitterly.und 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. 20. The tower is easily seen walking down Michigan Avenue.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. 21. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a past participial phrase to describe a black hole? A) The black hole was formed by gravity. B) The black hole forms matter. C) The black hole is formed into gravity. D) The black hole is forming matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The black hole was formed by gravity. 22. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Running late, Sarah missed the bus'? A) Bus. B) Running. C) Sarah. D) Missed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah. 23. What are the endings of participles? A) -ing. B) -ed. C) -en. D) -d. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 24. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:The papers, aged and yellowed, were found in the bottom of the file cabinet. A) Aged and yellowed. B) The papers. C) In the bottom. D) Of the file cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aged and yellowed. 25. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct?Jody seeing her sister in need of new clothes, passed down some of her old clothes. A) Before seeing. B) After some. C) Before clothes. D) After sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before seeing. 26. What is the participle in this sentence?Some ducks sat on a floating log in the water. A) Log. B) Some. C) Sat. D) Floating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Floating. 27. A word that describes a noun is called a/an ..... A) Participle. B) Adjective. C) Descriptor. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 28. Participial phrases, like adjective clauses, can be restrictive (necessary) or nonrestrictive (unnecessary). If the original clause is nonrestrictive, the phrase is ..... A) Nonrestrictive. B) Restrictive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrestrictive. 29. A gifted athlete and scholar, Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam of golf while still an amateur. A) Appositive phrase. B) Absolute Phrase. C) Independent Clause. D) Participial Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive phrase. 30. True or False:This sentence is written correctly and makes perfect sense. "Walking home from school, the rain started to pour down on me." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. Identify the present participial phrase:Thinking about her best friend, Sarah decided to buy her a card. A) Decided. B) Thinking about her best friend. C) To buy her a card. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thinking about her best friend. 32. For many students, high school is merely a detention cell, a prison, a facility of incarceration established to bring about anguish and despair. A) Absolute Phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Appositive phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appositive phrase. 33. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The sparkling water splashed in our faces. A) Faces. B) Water. C) Sparkling. D) Splashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparkling. 34. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Amused but reluctant to show how I felt, I tried to stifle my grin. A) I tried to stifle my grin. B) Amused but reluctant to show how I felt. C) But reluctant to show how I felt. D) My grin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amused but reluctant to show how I felt. 35. Refusing to give up hope, Corrie Ten Boom displayed a remarkable sense of faith to those in the Ravensbruck concentration camp. A) Appositive phrase. B) Absolute Phrase. C) Participial Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participial Phrase. 36. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The teacher, grading papers, looked exhausted. A) Running in the hallway. B) Teaching students. C) Eating lunch. D) Grading papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grading papers. 37. Identify the participial phrase. Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration. A) Monica. B) Threw her arms up. C) Jumped around wildly. D) Enjoying her victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjoying her victory. 38. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?She was quite far from the windows which were to her left, and behind her were a couple of tall bookcases, containing all the books of the factory library. A) She was quite far from the windows. B) Which were to her left. C) Behind her were a couple of bookcases. D) Containing all the books of the factory library. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Containing all the books of the factory library. 39. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your own paper.Slipping her foot into the slipper, her stepsisters glared at Cinderella. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 40. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:Recently released, the movie has not yet come to our local theaters. A) Movie. B) Yet. C) Released. D) Has come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Released. 41. Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 42. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?The tourists admired the painting hanging in the museum. A) Painting. B) Museum. C) Tourists. D) Hanging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painting. 43. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Urged on by the fans, the basketball team began its comeback. A) Urged on by the fans, modifies 'its'. B) Urged on by the fans, modifies 'the fans'. C) Urged on by the fans, modifies 'team'. D) Urged on by the fans, modifies 'the comeback'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urged on by the fans, modifies 'team'. 44. What is the participial phrase?Knocking over the trashcan, the raccoon ate the leftovers. A) Over the trashcan. B) Ate the leftovers. C) Knocking over the trashcan. D) Knocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knocking over the trashcan. 45. Which of the following is an example of a participial phrase used as an adjective? A) The cat chased the mouse. B) She swims in the pool. C) Running down the street, he shouted for help. D) Sitting on the porch, she enjoyed the sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sitting on the porch, she enjoyed the sunset. 46. As it rained heavily, we couldn't carry out all the plans of the picnic. A) Raining heavily, we couldn't carry out all the plans of the picnic. B) Having rained heavily, we couldn't carry out all the plans of the picnic. C) Due to the heavy rain, we couldn't carry out all the plans of the picnic. D) Not carrying out all the plans of the picnic, it rained heavily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to the heavy rain, we couldn't carry out all the plans of the picnic. 47. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The children playing in the park belong to the school next door. A) Belong to the school. B) Playing in the park. C) School next door. D) In the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing in the park. 48. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:A solitary fisherman casting his line is on the beach. A) The participial phrase "casting his line" tells more about the noun "fisherman" . B) The participial phrase "on the beach" tells more about the noun "fisherman" . C) The participial "solitary" tells more about the noun "fisherman" . D) The participial phrase "casting his line is on" tells more about the noun "fisherman" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The participial phrase "casting his line" tells more about the noun "fisherman" . 49. What is the definition of a Participial Phrase A) Verbs ending in ed and ing used as adjectives. B) Verbs ending in ing used as nouns. C) To+verb:used as adjective, adverb, or noun. D) Phrases to rename something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbs ending in ed and ing used as adjectives. 50. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Surprised by the news, he couldn't believe his ears.' A) Surprised with the news. B) Surprised by the news. C) Amazed by the news. D) Shocked by the news. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surprised by the news. 51. Identify the participial phrase and the noun it modifies: "The cookies, baked fresh this morning, were quickly eaten." A) Baked fresh this morning; cookies. B) Were quickly eaten; cookies. C) Fresh this morning; eaten. D) This morning; cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baked fresh this morning; cookies. 52. Identify the participle in each example:shooting star:crying babies:frozen food:burned toast A) Crying, frozen, shooting, burned. B) Shooting, babies, frozen, toast. C) Crying, shooting burned, babies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying, frozen, shooting, burned. 53. Identify the present participial phrase:Having been a gymnast, Lynn knew the importance of exercise. A) Having been a gymnast. B) Knew the importance of exercise. C) Lynn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having been a gymnast. 54. Tired from the track meet, the 7th grade athletes complained about everything the next day. A) Complained about everything. B) Complained about everything the next day. C) The 7th grade athletes complained. D) Tired from the track meet,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tired from the track meet,. 55. What is the participle in this sentence?The frightened turkey ran from the man with the axe. A) Axe. B) Ran. C) Turkey. D) Frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frightened. 56. Analyze the sentence and identify the participial phrase: "The teacher, impressed by the student's work, gave her an A." A) The teacher. B) Impressed by the student's work. C) Gave her an A. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impressed by the student's work. 57. In the sentence "Laughing at the joke, Tom fell off his chair, " what is the participial phrase? A) His chair. B) Laughing at the joke. C) Off his chair. D) Tom fell off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughing at the joke. 58. Knowing the owner, our rent was not raised.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. 59. Which question contains a participle? A) Bob's brother Bill bought a new bicycle with his Christmas money. B) He also made a wise purchase of cycling sneakers so he would not wear out his Yeezys. C) Feet pedaling furiously, Bill set off on his first biking adventure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He also made a wise purchase of cycling sneakers so he would not wear out his Yeezys. 60. Find the Participle in the following sentence:Smiling warmly, the teacher greeted her students at the door. A) Greeted. B) Warmly. C) Smiling. D) Students. 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