This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Mrs. Archer, worried about sunburn, always wears a hat and stays in the shade. A) Stays in the shade. B) Mrs. Archer,. C) Always wears a hat. D) Worried about sunburn,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worried about sunburn,. 2. Identify the participial phrase. Children introduced to music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Introduced to music early. B) Develop strong intellectual skills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introduced to music early. 3. "I was waving triumphantly." Is waving a participle or a verb? A) Participle. B) Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 4. Identify the participial phrase and the noun it modifies: "The book, lying on the table, was open to the last chapter." A) Lying on the table; book. B) Was open; book. C) To the last chapter; book. D) On the table; chapter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lying on the table; book. 5. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm, the children jumped up and down. A) Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm. B) The upcoming snowstorm. C) Jumped up and down. D) Excited by the news. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm. 6. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Did they see the train coming around the bend? A) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'did'. B) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'train'. C) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'bend'. D) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'see'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'train'. 7. Form a participial phrase using the verb 'sing'. A) Sings. B) Singed. C) Singing. D) Singable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing. 8. Choose the participle in the following sentence:Knowing his aptitude, he should have scored more runs. A) Scored. B) Runs. C) His aptitude. D) Knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowing. 9. Present participles ..... A) End in-ing. B) End in-ed. C) End in-ing or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End in-ing. 10. Who/what is modified by the participial phrase:'Surrounded by beautiful flowers, the house looked picturesque.' A) Surrounded. B) Picturesque. C) Beautiful flowers. D) The house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The house. 11. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I was always looking for broken sticks." A) Sticks. B) Broken. C) Always. D) Looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broken. 12. Burning on the table the candle flame was bright. A) No Change. B) Burning on the table, the candle flame was bright. C) Burning, on the table, the candle flame was bright. D) Burning on the table the candle flame, was bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning on the table, the candle flame was bright. 13. Find the Participial phrase in the following sentence:The aroma of freshly brewed coffee, filling the air, woke me up instantly. A) Up instantly. B) The aroma. C) Filling the air. D) Woke me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filling the air. 14. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Hated by the Federalists, John Quincey Adams returned to private life. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 15. Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases8. artificial illumination, cities A) A. visual pollution. B) B. radioactive pollution. C) C. light pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. light pollution. 16. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The rain stopped. The birds began to sing. A) The rain stopped, the birds stopped singing. B) The rain stopped, the birds began to sing. C) The rain stopped, the birds stopped singing. D) The rain stopped, the birds stopped to sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain stopped, the birds began to sing. 17. Frozen by the winter storm, the flower never bloomed and eventually died. A) Frozen by the winter storm. B) The flower never bloomed. C) Eventually died. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen by the winter storm. 18. In the sentence 'The singing birds woke me up early in the morning', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Singing. B) Birds. C) Morning. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birds. 19. Use commas correctly in the following sentence: "My brother who lives in New York is visiting us." A) My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting us. B) My brother who lives in New York, is visiting us. C) My brother, who lives in New York is visiting us. D) My brother who lives in New York is visiting us.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting us. 20. Identify the participial phrases.Washington, having crossed the Delaware, attacked the Hessians stationed at Trenton. A) Washington. B) Stationed at Trenton. C) Having crossed the Delaware. D) Attacked the Hessians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having crossed the Delaware. 21. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Homeless families often stayed at a shelter operated by a local church. A) Operated by a local church; modifies 'shelter'. B) Shelter operated by a local church; modifies 'families'. C) Stayed at a shelter; modifies 'operated'. D) Operated by a local church; modifies 'families'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operated by a local church; modifies 'shelter'. 22. Give an example of a participial phrase. A) Running quickly. B) Running. C) Quickly. D) Run quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running quickly. 23. Find the participial phrase in the sentence and the word it describes: "Fascinated by the museum exhibits, the children forgot about the time." A) Forgot about the time; children. B) Fascinated by the museum exhibits; children. C) The museum exhibits; children. D) By the museum exhibits; time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascinated by the museum exhibits; children. 24. What is the function of "sleeping" in this sentence?A loud clap of thunder woke the sleeping children from their nap. A) Sleeping the a present participle being used as a noun. B) Sleeping is the main verb in the sentence. C) Sleeping is a past participle being used as an adjective. D) Sleeping is a present participle being used as an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleeping is a present participle being used as an adjective. 25. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Troubled by a nightmare, Tim woke up with a shock. A) A nightmare. B) With a shock. C) Tim. D) Woke up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tim. 26. What is the participle in the following sentence? The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks. A) Waterfall. B) Poured. C) Cascading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cascading. 27. The Porsche tore through the urban landscape, its wheels squealing around the sharp corners. A) Absolute Phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Independent Clause. D) Appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute Phrase. 28. Graham, interrupting the conversation, felt he needed to communicate his thoughts before they left his mind. What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 29. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The girl, excited about the trip, packed her bags.' A) The girl. B) Packed her bags. C) About the trip. D) Excited about the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excited about the trip. 30. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase with modifiers? A) Wanting a cookie, he risked punishment. B) He risked punishment. C) The toddler reached for the cookie jar. D) Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar. 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