This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence 'The book, lying on the table, is mine', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Mine. B) Table. C) Lying. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Book. 2. Identify the word modified by the participial phrase "decorated with lights" in the sentence: "The tree, decorated with lights, looked beautiful." A) Tree. B) Lights. C) Beautiful. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tree. 3. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Poe, suffering great tragedy in his life, wrote disturbing stories. A) Wrote disturbing stories. B) Suffering great tragedy in his life. C) Poe wrote disturbing stories. D) Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffering great tragedy in his life. 4. What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?Even though Evan was blind, he had a heightened sense of hearing. A) Hearing. B) Sense. C) Blind. D) Evan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense. 5. What is the participial phrase in this 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. 6. What are the participles in this sentence?A black cat, hissing and scratching, jumped from the bushes and ran down the street. A) Bushes, street. B) Cat. C) Hissing, scratching. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hissing, scratching. 7. Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment? A) He enjoys hiking in the mountains. B) She went to the store. C) The cat sat on the windowsill. D) Running to the bus stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running to the bus stop. 8. Bailey, concentrating on her book, read to page twenty in ten minutes. A) Concentrating on her book. B) Read to page twenty. C) Bailey. D) In ten minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concentrating on her book. 9. Identify the participial phrase:The first city attacked by the troops was in the middle of the desert A) Attacked by the troops. B) Was in the middle. C) Was in the middle of the desert. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attacked by the troops. 10. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.The frog, hopping from one rock to the next, managed to get away from the boy. A) Hopping from one rock to the next modifies 'the rocks'. B) Hopping from one rock to the next modifies 'the frog'. C) Hopping from one rock to the next modifies 'the boy'. D) Hopping from one rock to the next modifies 'managed'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hopping from one rock to the next modifies 'the frog'. 11. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair. A) There is now participial phrase. B) Combed her hair. C) Getting ready for bed. D) Brushed her teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Getting ready for bed. 12. The frightened turkey ran from the man with the axe. A) Turkey. B) Frightened. C) Ran. D) Axe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened. 13. Find the participle phrase:Strutting across the stage, Brad was the picture of confidence. A) Of confidence. B) Was the picture. C) Strutting across the stage. D) Across the stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strutting across the stage. 14. Leaving her ironing, Mary answered the telephone.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: C) Correct. 15. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Having finished the assignment, he could finally relax. A) Having finished the assignment. B) He could finally relax. C) There is no participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having finished the assignment. 16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.The tall man wearing the gray suit is a judge. A) Wearing the gray suit modifies the word 'man'. B) The gray suit modifies the word 'man'. C) The tall man modifies the word 'wearing'. D) Wearing the gray suit modifies the word 'judge'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wearing the gray suit modifies the word 'man'. 17. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence: "The flowers, wilting in the heat, needed water." A) The flowers. B) Wilting in the heat. C) Needed water. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilting in the heat. 18. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses that she bought last weekend. A) Searching the glove compartment. B) Last weekend. C) Bought last weekend. D) Looked for her sunglasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Searching the glove compartment. 19. True or False? A participial phrase can be at the beginning of a sentence. A) False. Participial phrases are always at the end of a sentence. B) True. Participial phrases can start a sentence. C) False. Participial phrases cannot start a sentence. D) True. Participial phrases are only found in the middle of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. Participial phrases can start a sentence. 20. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Excited about the trip, Sarah packed her bags.' A) Excited about the trip. B) Packed her bags. C) Sarah packed her bags. D) Excited Sarah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited about the trip. 21. What is the participial phrase?Yesterday after school, Paul raked the lawn covered in leaves. A) Raked the lawn. B) Yesterday after school. C) In leaves. D) Covered in leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covered in leaves. 22. Rue, the Australian shepherd, thinks she is a cat. What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive. 23. Explain why dangling participial phrases can cause confusion in writing. A) Dangling participial phrases are only found in spoken language. B) Dangling participial phrases modify the nearest noun or pronoun, which may not be the intended target, causing confusion. C) Dangling participial phrases are always grammatically incorrect. D) Dangling participial phrases are used to emphasize the main idea in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling participial phrases modify the nearest noun or pronoun, which may not be the intended target, causing confusion. 24. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase?a) The cat meowed loudly.b) She walked to the park.c) Smiling happily, he waved goodbye.d) The car drove quickly. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 25. Find the participial phrase and its target: "The dog, wagging its tail, greeted its owner happily." A) Its tail; dog. B) Greeted its owner; dog. C) Wagging its tail; dog. D) Happily; owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wagging its tail; dog. 26. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.Cruising down the street, Harry Potter excitedly showed off his new car. A) His new car. B) Cruising down the street,. C) Excitedly. D) Harry Potter excitedly showed off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cruising down the street,. 27. What is the participle phrase?Floating just off shore, the plastic bottles bobbed up and down. A) Floating just off shore. B) Bobbed up and down. C) Just off shore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floating just off shore. 28. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Tapping her way up Pearl Street, Margie was the hit of the parade. A) Tapping her way up Pearl Street. B) Tapping her way down Pearl Street. C) Walking briskly through the crowd. D) Margie was the hit of the parade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tapping her way up Pearl Street. 29. Which is the participial phrase?Approaching quietly, the deer startled the hunter. A) Approaching. B) The deer. C) Startled the hunter. D) Approaching quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Approaching quietly. 30. True or False:In the sentence, "The girl, listening to her music, didn't hear the doorbell, " the participial phrase is "to her music." A) True. 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