This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the best modifier? As we were walking in the woods, we food a house ..... by huge tree roots. A) Which destorying. B) Destroyed. C) Which destoryed. D) Destroying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destroyed. 2. What happens if a participial phrase fails to include a target? A) It becomes a dangling modifier. B) It becomes a gerund phrase. C) It becomes a complete sentence. D) It becomes a misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It becomes a dangling modifier. 3. Identify the participlial phrases used in the sentence:For dinner Maurice enjoyed a hamburger topped with pickles, onions, and mustard. A) Enjoyed, topped. B) Topped with pickles, onions, and mustard. C) Topped. D) Enjoyed, topped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topped with pickles, onions, and mustard. 4. Identify the participial phrases. Washington, having crossed the Delaware, attacked the Hessians stationed at Trenton. A) Washington. B) Having crossed the Delaware. C) Stationed at Trenton. D) Attacked the Hessians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having crossed the Delaware. 5. Writing a novel can be a daunting task, but also incredibly rewarding. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 6. A participle is a verb form that functions like an adjective or adverb. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. The flying insect was a nuisance. What is the participle? A) Nuisance. B) Insect. C) The. D) Flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flying. 8. The perfect tenses always use the helping verb ..... A) To be. B) To have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have. 9. A:The result of the English exam is very good.B:It's due to the newly ..... teaching method. A) Implemented. B) Is implemented. C) Is implementing. D) Implementing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implemented. 10. Change the adjective clauses to past participial phrases!The two women, who were dressed in their Sunday best, proceeded on to church A) The two women dressed in their Sunday best proceeded on to church. B) The two women, dressed in their Sunday best, proceeded on to church. C) The two women were dressed in their Sunday best, proceeded on to church. D) The two women who were dressed in their Sunday best proceeded on to church. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The two women, dressed in their Sunday best, proceeded on to church. 11. The window pane ..... by Dizkri has not been repaired yet. A) Breaking. B) Was broken. C) Broke. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broken. 12. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing. A) The lake, frozen. B) Was finally. C) Frozen over all winter. D) Thawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frozen over all winter. 13. The perfect tenses are always formed with the ..... A) The present participle. B) The past participle. C) The past tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The past participle. 14. A:What have people found in Wonoboyo?B: A) A hiding treasure. B) The treasure was hidden. C) Hiding a treasure. D) A hidden treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hidden treasure. 15. We saw an old woman walking up the path. A) Walking up the path. B) Up the path. C) Saw an old woman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking up the path. 16. Several individuals ..... different groups have become united in their effort to make the government cancel the increase of fuel prices. A) Are presenting. B) Are presented. C) Presenting. D) Presented. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presenting. 17. The boy was walking down the road. He saw a snake. A) Walking down the road, a snake was there. B) Seeing a snake, the boy was walking down the road. C) Walking down the road, he saw a snake. D) Walking down the road, the boy saw a snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking down the road, the boy saw a snake. 18. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses. A) Sunglasses. B) Looked. C) Evangeline. D) Compartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evangeline. 19. The basketball team, encouraged by its performance in the semifinals, went on to the finals. A) In the semifinals. B) To the finals. C) Encouraged by its performance in the semifinals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encouraged by its performance in the semifinals. 20. Having come out in the cool night air, Mr. Troy looked up at the sky. A) In the cool night air. B) At the sky. C) Having come out in the cool night air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having come out in the cool night air. 21. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Barry, eating at the counter, looked up to see Susan. A) Looked up. B) Barry, eating at the counter, looked. C) Looked up to see Susan. D) Eating at the counter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating at the counter. 22. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. Freshly painted, Jim left the room to dry. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 23. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Mrs. Archer, worried about sunburn, always wears a hat and stays in the shade. A) Worried about sunburn,. B) Always wears a hat. C) Mrs. Archer,. D) Stays in the shade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worried about sunburn,. 24. What is the participle modifying in the following sentence? The dentist pulled my aching tooth. A) Pulled. B) Dentist. C) Tooth. D) Aching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tooth. 25. Identify the participle(s). For dinner Maurice enjoyed a hamburger topped with pickles, onions, and mustard. A) Enjoyed. B) Topped. C) Enjoyed, topped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topped. 26. ( Running very fast can be dangerous.) This sentence does not have a participial phrase. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. How should a participial phrase be punctuated when it introduces a main clause? A) With a question mark. B) With a comma. C) With a period. D) With an exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a comma. 28. He sent the email after he finished writing it. A) Writing the letter, he mailed it. B) Having written the letter, he mailed it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having written the letter, he mailed it. 29. Identify the participle(s). Holding open the elevator doors, the kind man smiled at the tired mother. A) Holding. B) Holding, tired. C) Smiled. D) Tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holding, tired. 30. While watching the sunset, you will be amazed by the beauty of nature. A) Watching the sunset, you feel in awe of the beauty of the nature. B) Having watched the sunset, you feel in awe of the beauty of the nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watching the sunset, you feel in awe of the beauty of the nature. 31. Find a sentence with a present participial phrase. A) Jason walked fearfully past the angry dog. B) Growling ferociously, the dog held its stance. C) My aunt and uncle live on the farm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growling ferociously, the dog held its stance. 32. After reading the letter I feel very worried A) Reading the letter, I was very nervous. B) Having read the letter, I was very nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having read the letter, I was very nervous. 33. Where's the participial phrase?The rainbow, seeming to end just over the horizon, is actually an optical illusion A) Seeming to end. B) The rainbow. C) To end just over the horizon. D) Seeming to end just over the horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seeming to end just over the horizon. 34. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The bird singing loudly on that branch is a song sparrow. A) The bird singing loudly. B) Song sparrow. C) Singing loudly on that branch. D) Singing loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing loudly on that branch. 35. How can you recognize a present participle? A) It ends in-s. B) It ends in-ed. C) It ends in-ing. D) It ends in-en. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It ends in-ing. 36. Identify the participial phrase. The thief, being detected, surrendered to the officer. A) The thief. B) Being detected. C) Surrendered to the office. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being detected. 37. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:Looking down from the tree, the monkey could see many people. A) The monkey could see many people. B) Could see many people. C) Looking down from the tree. D) Many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looking down from the tree. 38. The following sentence contains no participial phrases. The police wanted to recover the valuable artwork. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. Phil, worn out by his long trip, slept for twelve hours. A) For twelve hours. B) By his long trip. C) Worn out by his long trip. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worn out by his long trip. 40. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:The house nestled in the valley was built by immigrants from Sweden. A) Immigrants from Sweden. B) Nestled in the valley. C) The house. D) Was built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nestled in the valley. 41. Choose the two objects in participial phrases in two-part objects of verbs below!The police caught the young boy stealing a car. A) The police and the young boy. B) The young boy and a car. C) The police and a car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The young boy and a car. 42. Cooking dinner for my friends, I experimented with new flavors and ingredients. A) Participial Phrases. B) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial Phrases. 43. Find the participle and/or participial phrase. Climbing slowly, we approached the top of the hill. A) Of the hill. B) Climbing slowly. C) Approached the top. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbing slowly. 44. The child sat at the desk. He was painting his first picture. A) Sitting at the desk, the child was painting his first picture. B) Painting his first picture, the child sat at the desk. C) Painting his first picture, the child was sitting at the desk. D) Sitting at the desk. The child painted his first picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitting at the desk, the child was painting his first picture. 45. A participle is a verbal that functions as ..... A) A noun. B) A verb. C) An adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 46. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Running quickly, the policeman caught the burglar. A) The policeman. B) The burglar. C) Caught. D) Running quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running quickly. 47. Where's the participial phrase?Returning home from school, Sue found the house empty. A) From school. B) Found the house empty. C) Returning home from school. D) Found the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returning home from school. 48. There are three kinds of participles:past, present, and future participles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. In the following sentence, which word does the participle modify? The paper airplane, swirling above our heads, finally crashed into the rear wall. A) Airplane. B) Heads. C) Wall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Airplane. 50. What does a participial phrase always function as? A) A noun. B) A verb. C) An adjective. D) An adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 51. Select the absolute phrase in the sentence. I flipped through the pages, my eyes filling with tears, of the old photo album. A) Flipped through the pages. B) I flipped through the pages. C) Of the old photo album. D) My eyes filling with tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My eyes filling with tears. 52. Driven from their homelands, many people each year seek refuge in the United States. A) In the United States. B) Each year. C) Driven from their homelands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driven from their homelands. 53. The old man is sitting under the tree. He is chatting with his old friends. A) Having sat under the tree, the old man was chatting with his old friends. B) Sitting under the tree, the old man chat with his old friends. C) Sitting under the tree. The old man is chatting with his old friends. D) Sitting under the tree, the old man is chatting with his old friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sitting under the tree, the old man is chatting with his old friends. 54. Identify the participial phrase. Burgoyne, having been surrounded at Saratoga, surrendered to General Gates. A) Burgoyne. B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. C) Surrendered to General Gates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. 55. Cooking dinner for my friends is always a fun challenge. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 56. A few days after the interview, Daniel received a letter ..... him a job. A) Offers. B) Offering. C) Offered. D) Was offering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offering. 57. Identify the participial phrase. The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes. A) Flitting quickly from flower to flower. B) Held my attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flitting quickly from flower to flower. 58. 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) Wearing a lei around her neck. B) Moved. C) Moved to the music. D) The hula dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wearing a lei around her neck. 59. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct? Jimmy, watching a scary movie jumped out of his seat. A) Before jumped. B) Before movie. C) After his. D) After watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before jumped. 60. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Dressed in his flight suit, the astronaut climbed into the spaceship. A) The astronaut. B) Dressed in his flight suit,. C) The spaceship. D) Climbed into. 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