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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Having recorded the results of the experiment, Kate closed her notebook. A) Of the experiment. B) Having recorded the results of the experiment. C) Closed her notebook. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having recorded the results of the experiment. 2. Find the PARTICIPLE. My growling stomach wants food. A) Wants. B) Growling. C) Stomach. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growling. 3. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence. 1. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. A) Good news. B) Expecting good news. C) Raced. D) Raced to the mailbox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expecting good news. 4. Two of my friends ..... in the school fights last weekend have been arrested by the police. A) To be involved. B) Involved. C) Were involving. D) Involving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involved. 5. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? The waitress served Gilbert a plate of gray meatloaf sauced with lumpy gravy. A) Sauced with lumpy gravy. B) Served Gilbert a plate. C) Gray meatloaf. D) Gray meatloaf sauced with lumpy gravy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sauced with lumpy gravy. 6. Identify the participle(s). Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thin layer of sparkling dew. A) Sparkling. B) Covered, sparkling. C) Marveled. D) Covered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered, sparkling. 7. ..... , the books must be returned to the library. A) Finished their exam. B) Finish their exam. C) Having been finished their exam. D) Having finished their exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having finished their exam. 8. Identify the participial phrase. Racing through the woods, her heart pounded as she grew closer to the house. A) Racing through the woods. B) Heart pounded. C) Grew closer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Racing through the woods. 9. What is the participial phrase?Three-year-old Holly, delighted by her success, snowboarded down the bunny hill. A) Snowboarded down the bunny hill. B) Delighted by her success. C) Three-year-old Holly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delighted by her success. 10. We had eaten our dinner. Then we watched the firework. A) Having eaten our dinner, we watched the firework. B) Eating our dinner, we watched the firework. C) Having eaten our dinner. We watched the firework. D) Eating our dinner, we will watch the firework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having eaten our dinner, we watched the firework. 11. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The man working at that desk rarely takes a break. A) Working at that desk. B) Rarely takes a break. C) Working at that desk rarely takes a break. D) Man working at that desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working at that desk. 12. According to this sentence, what is running down the hallway? Running down the hallway, the lights were left on in the classroom. A) The lights. B) No one. C) The narrator. D) The classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The lights. 13. Where's the participial phrase?Coming home, Scott dreamed of being a world-famous athlete. A) Scott dreamed. B) Coming home. C) A world-famous athlete. D) Dreamed of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming home. 14. As you walk through the trees you will see a beam of light passing through the branches. A) Having walked between the trees, you can see the sun coming through the branches. B) Walking between the trees, you can see the sun coming through the branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking between the trees, you can see the sun coming through the branches. 15. Tourists walk back to their hotel after watching the sunset on the rocks. A) Having watched the sun set at the rock, the visitors walked back to their hotel. B) Watching the sun set at the rock, the visitors walked back to their hotel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having watched the sun set at the rock, the visitors walked back to their hotel. 16. Find the PARTICIPLE. Melted snow is such a mess. A) Mess. B) Is. C) Melted. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melted. 17. Identify the participle in the following sentence. The prison guards looked all around, but the escaped prisoner could not be located. A) Located. B) Looked. C) No participle present. D) Escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Escaped. 18. Where's the participial phrase?The road leading to the lake has been washed away. A) To the lake. B) Leading. C) Has been washed. D) Leading to the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leading to the lake. 19. Identify the prepositional phrase:Fred ran into the pole because he didn't watch where he was going. A) Because he didn't watch. B) Where he was going. C) Into the pole. D) With column staff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into the pole. 20. Which of the following is converted into a sentence with a participial phrase? I still have several things which remains to be done. A) I still have several things remains to be done. B) I still have several things which remaining to be done. C) I still have several things remaining to be done. D) I still have several things which remained to be done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I still have several things remaining to be done. 21. Change the adjective clauses to present participial phrases!The young woman, who was running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. A) The young woman, was running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. B) The young woman, running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. C) The young woman, is running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. D) The young woman, who running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The young woman, running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. 22. In the following sentence, what noun/pronoun does the participle "frozen" modify? The girl saw the frozen plants beneath the surface of the lake. A) Plants. B) Girl. C) Surface. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants. 23. Identify the participial phrase. The territory claimed by the Dutch was called New Netherlands. A) The territory. B) Claimed by the Dutch. C) Was. D) Called New Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claimed by the Dutch. 24. Identify the participial phrase. The balloon, shooting swiftly into the clouds, was soon lost to sight. A) The balloon. B) Shooting swiftly into the clouds. C) Lost to sight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shooting swiftly into the clouds. 25. Where's the participial phrase?I love to watch the sun rising from beneath the horizon. A) From the beneath the horizon. B) The sun rising. C) To watch. D) Rising from beneath the horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising from beneath the horizon. 26. Where's the participial phrase?The map drawn by Carl was the most accurate one available. A) Drawn by Carl. B) Was the most accurate one. C) By Carl. D) There is none. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drawn by Carl. 27. Choose the sentence in which the-ing form of the verb is functioning like an adjective. A) I am relaxing after a long day at the office. B) A nice hot bath is a so relaxing after a long day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A nice hot bath is a so relaxing after a long day. 28. Which part of the sentence is a participle? Nate, Nathan, and Nathaniel took a walking tour of New York City. A) Walking tour. B) Took. C) New York City. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking. 29. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. Waiting for the Hershey bar, the candy machine began to hum loudly. A) Dangling participle. B) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling participle. 30. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? My favorite Yeti, scratched from many years of use, still holds ice for 24 hours. A) Still holds ice for 24 hours. B) Scratched from many years of use. C) My favorite Yeti. D) Scratched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scratched from many years of use. 31. Identify the participial phrase in this sentence:Peering over the top of his glasses, her tutor shook his head. A) Shook his head. B) Peering over the top of his glasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peering over the top of his glasses. 32. What is the participle in the following sentence:Max ran toward the cake falling off the table A) Toward. B) Ran. C) Falling. D) Table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling. 33. What is the participial phrase?The crowd left the theater, inspired by the documentary. A) The crowd. B) Left the theater. C) Inspired by the documentary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inspired by the documentary. 34. Which of the following is converted into a sentence with a participial phrase? The code which was cracked by hackers needs to be fixed. A) The code cracked by hackers needs to be fixed. B) The code which cracking by hackers needs to be fixed. C) The code was cracked by hackers needs to be fixed. D) The code which cracked by hackers needs to be fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The code cracked by hackers needs to be fixed. 35. After unemployment He didn't have any money at that time. A) Being unemployed, he didn't have any money. B) Having been unemployed, he didn't have any money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having been unemployed, he didn't have any money. 36. What can be added to this sentence to make it correct? Running down the hallway, the lights were left on in the classroom. A) I realized. B) Susan thought. C) Trevor remembered. D) All options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All options are correct. 37. Cooking dinner, the hot dogs were made by Mom. A) Cooking dinner, Mom made hot dogs. B) Cooking dinner the hot dogs were made by Mom. C) Cooking dinner, the hot dogs were made, by Mom. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking dinner, Mom made hot dogs. 38. Identify the past participle in the sentence:She found a buried treasure in the old castle. A) Buried. B) Old. C) Found. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buried. 39. ..... , Badui Dalam People walk long distance when they travel. A) Not allowed to use any kind of transportation. B) Not to be allowed to use any kind of transportation. C) Not allowing to use any kind of transportation. D) Not allow to use any kind of transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not allowed to use any kind of transportation. 40. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Jill and Terrie tired from working out decided to take a nap. A) The day. B) Decided to take. C) Tired from working out. D) Jill and Terrie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tired from working out. 41. The woman waved her hand to ward off the flies. A) Waving her hand, she tried to keep the flies away. B) Having waved her hand, she tried to keep the flies away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waving her hand, she tried to keep the flies away. 42. Identify the participle in the sentence:Can you find a new reading exercise? A) Reading. B) You. C) Find. D) Exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading. 43. Choose the sentence in which the past participle is functioning like an adjective. A) He has burnt the toast again!. B) I refuse to eat the burnt toast!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I refuse to eat the burnt toast!. 44. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. The eagle mesmerized the boy, soaring across the sky. A) Dangling participle. B) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced modifier. 45. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The boat, making large waves, overturned our canoe. A) Making large waves, overturned our canoe. B) Overturned our canoe. C) Making large waves. D) The boat overturned our canoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making large waves. 46. Singing in the shower, I started my day off on the right foot. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrases. 47. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Slumped over a chair, I could think only of sleep. A) Slumped over a chair. B) Slumped over a chair, I could think. C) Of sleep. D) Could think only of sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slumped over a chair. 48. Where's the participle?Running water can cause erosion. A) Erosion. B) Can cause. C) Water. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running. 49. Identify the participial phrase. The actress rehearsing her lines performed in the show last night. A) Rehearsing her lines. B) Performed in the show. C) Performed in the show last night. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rehearsing her lines. 50. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct? Toby finished the sprint in 35 seconds beating his old time by 3 seconds. A) Before beating. B) After finished. C) Before by. D) After Toby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before beating. 51. Identify the participial phrase. My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink. A) Piling up in the sink. B) Asked me to wash the dishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Piling up in the sink. 52. After spending 5 days in the city, we wanted to explore some nature. A) Having spent 5 days in a city, we thought we'd may be like to "get back to nature.". B) Spending 5 days in a city, we thought we'd may be like to "get back to nature.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having spent 5 days in a city, we thought we'd may be like to "get back to nature.". 53. Swimming in the ocean is one of the most exhilarating experiences I've ever had. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 54. In which sentence is a pronoun and participial phrase in "quotes?" A) "Hearing the noise, she" turned around quickly. B) The pilot was "landing her plane" on the runway. C) "He saw his friends kicking" a soccer ball around. D) Does your friend know where "he is going?". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Hearing the noise, she" turned around quickly. 55. Staring out the window at the rain, Bob became more and more impatient. A) At the rain. B) Staring out the window at the rain. C) More and more impatient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Staring out the window at the rain. 56. What does MODIFY mean? A) Copied. B) Change. C) Rotate. D) Make something better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change. 57. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Andrea, waking from a dream, cried fearfully. A) Waking from a dream, cried fearfully. B) Andrea cried fearfully. C) Andrea, waking from a dream. D) Waking from a dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waking from a dream. 58. Find the sentence with a past participial phrase. A) Dancing in the rain, Don Lockwood smiled dreamily. B) Chewed to the quick, Sally's finger nail bled. C) The Declaration of Independence, a national treasure, is in Washington DC. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chewed to the quick, Sally's finger nail bled. 59. Identify the prepositional phrase:Mary ran around the corner to meet her friends. A) Ran around. B) Around the corner. C) Her friends. D) To meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around the corner. 60. I felt very worried while reading the letter. A) Having read the letter, I was very nervous. B) Reading the letter, I was very nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading the letter, I was very nervous. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books