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Participial Phrases Quiz 16 (30 MCQs)

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1. The audience applauded the couple skating in the competition. What is the participle?
2. 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.
3. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip."
4. Identify the run-on sentence in the options below:
5. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) In the garden B) Watered the plants C) The flowers D) Singing happily
6. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The children, playing in the park, seemed very happy.'
7. Thomas Jefferson, a new member of the House of Burgesses in 1769, co-sponsored a bill to abolish slavery in the colony of Virginia.
8. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Sam, baffled by what had happened, grew silent.
9. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The movie, filmed in Paris, was a huge success.'
10. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller.
11. The first city attacked by the troops was in the middle of the desert.
12. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.After class, Sirius Black showed me the doodles drawn in his notebook.
13. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase and what does it describe? "Lost in thought, she almost missed her stop."
14. Which part of the sentence is the participial phrase? Hanging dangerously over the road, the telephone wires had been snapped in the wind.
15. In which sentence is a pronoun and participial phrase CAPITALIZED?
16. Which of these words is a present participle that could describe a boring movie?
17. What is the participial phrase?Struggling to tie her shoes, Rylie asked Max for help.
18. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing after the winter storm.
19. Answering the telephone, the book lay unopened.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
20. Choose the sentence that contains a participial phrase.a) The sun sets in the west.b) The baby cried all night.c) The car, parked in the driveway, needs a wash.d) He ran to catch the bus.
21. Which sentence is constructed correctly?
22. Which option contains a participle?
23. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The car, parked in the driveway, needed a wash. A) The car B) Parked in the driveway C) Needed a wash D) In the driveway
24. In the sentence "Trembling with excitement, she opened the gift, " identify the participial phrase and evaluate its impact on building anticipation.
25. What does a participial phrase modify?
26. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a participial phrase to modify the noun.
27. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The cake, baked fresh this morning, was delicious'?
28. As we were walking in the woods, we food a house ..... by huge tree roots.
29. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The charging bull thundered across the field.
30. 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.
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