This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the following sentence, which word(s) does the participle(s) modify? The pirate ship loaded with stolen gold swayed back and forth in the storm. A) Gold. B) Ship, gold. C) Ship. D) Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ship, gold. 2. Find the PARTICIPLE. The student completed growing piles of homework. A) Piles. B) Student. C) Completed. D) Growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growing. 3. Where's the participle?The barking dogs kept us awake all night. A) All. B) Kept. C) Dogs. D) Barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barking. 4. Choose the correct participle form Children ..... in music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Interesting. B) Interested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interested. 5. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) The water drained slowly. B) Slowly in the pipe clogged. C) Clogged with dog hair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clogged with dog hair. 6. 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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying in the harbor. 7. Choose the participle below that would complete the meaning of the sentence. The powerful engine made a noise like a lion ..... A) Roared. B) To roar. C) Roaring. D) Roar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roaring. 8. Which phrase in the sentence serves as a participial phrase? Changing all of his plans, Ricky realized how much COVID had impacted his social life. A) "Changing all of his plans". B) "realized how much". C) "COVID had impacted". D) "his social life" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Changing all of his plans". 9. The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on. The participle in this sentence is ..... A) Finally. B) Crying. C) Favorite. D) Important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crying. 10. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey. A) Night. B) Sky. C) Bats. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bats. 11. Working hard all day, the boys finished the job by dinner time. A) By dinner time. B) All day. C) Working hard all day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working hard all day. 12. What is the participial phrase?The dog, sniffing in the backyard, could not find his bone. A) Sniffing in the backyard. B) The dog. C) Could not find his bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sniffing in the backyard. 13. Where is the best place to add this participial phrase "talking to my family" in the sentence "I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire" ? A) I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire taking to my family. B) I can't live in fear, talking to my family, of something as basic as fire. C) Talking to my family, I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire. D) I can't live in fear of something, talking to my family, as basic as fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talking to my family, I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire. 14. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept for twelve hours. A) Myra slept for twelve hours. B) Slept for twelve hours. C) Exhausted by her effort. D) Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhausted by her effort. 15. What is the participial phrase?Recognizing an old friend, Mark made sure to stop and say hi. A) Recognizing an old friend. B) Mark mad sure to stop. C) Stop and say hi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recognizing an old friend. 16. Identify the participial phrase. The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time. A) Roasting marshmallows. B) Roasting marshmallows around the fire. C) Told ghost stories to pass the time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roasting marshmallows around the fire. 17. The problem of most developing countries is the rapidly ..... population which is not supported by a strong economy. A) Grew. B) Growing. C) Is growing. D) Grown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing. 18. 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 clothes. B) After sister. C) Before seeing. D) After some. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before seeing. 19. The baby's teeth look very shiny since they were just brushed by his mother. A) Looking very shiny, they were just brushed by his mother. B) Looking very shiny. The baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. C) They looked very shiny. The teeth were just brushed by his mother. D) Looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. 20. Change to the progressive passive participle! (present action)The music which is being played now is by Bach. A) The music being playing now is by Bach. B) The music is now being played is by Bach. C) The music is being played now is by Bach. D) The music being played now is by Bach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The music being played now is by Bach. 21. Which word in the following sentence is the participle:Some ducks sat on a floating log in the river. A) Sat. B) Floating. C) Log. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating. 22. Identify the participle or participle phrase in the following sentence:Laughing at her own joke, Mrs. Newell ended her class. A) Class. B) Ended her class. C) Joke. D) Laughing at her own joke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laughing at her own joke. 23. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence. 5. The soccer players, having grown faint from thirst, gratefully accepted the cold oranges. A) Soccer. B) Gratefully accepted the cold oranges. C) Accepted the cold oranges. D) Having grown faint from thirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having grown faint from thirst. 24. Select the correctly punctuated participial phrase from the drop-down menu to add it to the sentence. Cortney ..... found dozens of interesting seashells. A) Wading in the shallow water,. B) Wading in the shallow water. C) , wading in the shallow water,. D) , wading in the shallow water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) , wading in the shallow water,. 25. He felt very lonely listening to the sounds of nature. A) Having listened to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. B) Listening to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. 26. The baby's teeth did not look very shiny. They were a bit yellowish. A) Not look very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. B) Not looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. C) Not look very shiny. The baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. D) Looking a bit yellowish, the baby's teeth were a bit shiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. 27. What is the most common mistake with introductory participial phrases? A) Using the wrong tense. B) Dangling them. C) Misplacing them. D) Not using enough modifiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplacing them. 28. Identify the participial phrase. The exhausted runner gasping for breath crossed the finish line in record time. A) Exhausted runner. B) Gasping for breath. C) Crossed the finish line in record time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gasping for breath. 29. What should be done if too much distance separates an introductory participial phrase and its target? A) Change the target. B) Leave it as it is. C) Remove the phrase. D) Move the phrase closer to the target. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move the phrase closer to the target. 30. What is the participial phrase?The students left the school, celebrating the start of summer A) Celebrating the start of summer. B) The students left the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celebrating the start of summer. 31. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Lunch table. B) Sitting. C) Sitting at the lunch table. D) Ate her tuna sandwich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting at the lunch table. 32. What happens if a participial phrase concludes a main clause and modifies a word farther up in the sentence? A) A semicolon is needed. B) A colon is needed. C) No punctuation is needed. D) A comma is needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comma is needed. 33. The young men ..... by the institute are all university graduates. A) Employed. B) Employ. C) Employing. D) To employ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Employed. 34. What is the difference between a present participial phrase and a gerund phrase? A) A present participle phrase acts as an adjective, while a gerund phrase acts as a noun. B) A present participle phrase acts as an adverb, while a gerund phrase acts as a verb. C) A present participle phrase acts as a noun, while a gerund phrase acts as an adjective. D) A present participle phrase acts as a verb, while a gerund phrase acts as an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A present participle phrase acts as an adjective, while a gerund phrase acts as a noun. 35. Identify the participlial phrases used in the sentence:Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her. A) Braking. B) Baking too late. C) Hit the stopped car. D) Stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baking too late. 36. Sometimes, life must be very unpleasant for people ..... near the airports. A) To be lived. B) Lives. C) Live. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living. 37. Find the sentence with an appositive phrase. A) Well now class, let's open our books. B) May I borrow your hammer, Dad?. C) Florida, a peninsula, is about 400 miles long. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florida, a peninsula, is about 400 miles long. 38. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? Books placed onto the cart will be put back when the library closes at 5:00 p.m. A) Closes. B) Placed on the cart. C) Will be put back. D) Books placed on the cart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placed on the cart. 39. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The path, worn smooth by millions of feet, leads to a spectacular view. A) Worn smooth by millions of feet. B) Leads to a spectacular view. C) Worn smooth by millions of feet, leads to a spectacular view. D) The path, worn smooth by millions of feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worn smooth by millions of feet. 40. Which is the participle phrase? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) Clogged with dog hair. B) Drained slowly. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clogged with dog hair. 41. In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase in "quotes" ? A) The "duck was waddling across" the grassy field. B) The colorful "birds building a nest" are orioles. C) It is amazing that "birds are able to fly.". D) Birds at our feeder flew away when "they saw a hawk.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The colorful "birds building a nest" are orioles. 42. Running a marathon requires a lot of endurance and dedication. A) Participial Phrases. B) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 43. What NOUN did Mrs. L use in the video? A) A cat. B) A cup. C) The guy. D) The dude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The guy. 44. "Feeling hungry I cooked myself some hot dogs." A) "Feeling hungry I cooked, myself some hot dogs.". B) No Change. C) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some hot dogs.". D) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself, some hot dogs.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some hot dogs.". 45. Read the sentence. The cow standing in the meadow chewed contentedly on grass. What is the participial phrase, and which word does it modify? A) Standing in the meadow; modifies cow. B) On grass; modifies chewed. C) In the meadow; modifies standing. D) Chewed contentedly; modifies cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Standing in the meadow; modifies cow. 46. Where's the participial phrase?Fifteen men and women, clothed in military uniforms, presented the flags. A) Fifteen men and women. B) Clothed in military uniforms. C) Presented the flags. D) In military uniforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clothed in military uniforms. 47. Where's the participial phrase?Chopping the carrots quickly, the chef finished the stew. A) Finished the stew. B) The carrots quickly. C) The chef finished. D) Chopping the carrots quickly,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chopping the carrots quickly,. 48. Participles may appear as one word or as part of a phrase in a sentence. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. Singing in the shower is my favorite way to start the day. A) Participial Phrases. B) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 50. Writing a novel, I discovered the power of storytelling. A) Participial Phrases. B) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial Phrases. 51. Identify the participial phrase. Wealth acquired dishonestly will prove a curse. A) Wealth acquired. B) Acquired dishonestly. C) Prove a curse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acquired dishonestly. 52. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. Running for the bus, my book fell in the mud. A) Dangling participle. B) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling participle. 53. One of the people ..... at the seminar yesterday was Rhesa. A) To be presented. B) Presented. C) Presenting. D) Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presenting. 54. Identify the present participle in this sentence:There is no running water in the run-down apartment. A) Run-down. B) Running. C) No. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 55. Identify the participial phrase. Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots. A) Preparing for the weather. B) Grabbed her raincoat. C) Grabbed her raincoat and rain boots. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preparing for the weather. 56. Forms of verbs that do not function as verbs but as other parts of speech are called A) Verb forms. B) Verbal. C) Phrases. D) Fake verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal. 57. The dinner was prepared by the chef himself. It was really a delicious meal. A) Preparing by the chef himself, the dinner was really a delicious meal. B) Preparing by the chef himself, it was really a delicious meal. C) Prepared by the chef himself, the dinner was really a delicious meal. D) Prepared by the chef himself, it was really a delicious meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepared by the chef himself, the dinner was really a delicious meal. 58. Insert the participial phrases in the blank space!Participial phrase:taking a walk in the woodsA person ..... can see a great variety of birds. A) A person who is taking a walk in the woods, can see a great variety of birds. B) A person taking a walk in the woods, can see a great variety of birds. C) A person, taking a walk in the woods, can see a great variety of birds. D) A person taking a walk in the woods can see a great variety of birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person taking a walk in the woods can see a great variety of birds. 59. Find the participle phrase:Touched by the effort of her friends, Maria cried as she discovered her surprise party. A) Of her friends. B) Cried. C) Touched by the effort of her friends. D) Discovered her surprise party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Touched by the effort of her friends. 60. What VERB did Mrs. L use in the video? A) Play. B) Swim. C) Run. D) Walk. 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