This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Beginning with the kitchen, they painted every room in the apartment. A) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'painted'. B) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'they'. C) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'apartment'. D) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'rooms'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'they'. 2. "Feeling hungry I cooked myself some pizza." A) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself, some pizza.:. B) "Feeling hungry I cooked, myself some pizza.". C) No Change. D) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some pizza.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some pizza.". 3. Which part of the sentence is the past participial phrase? EX:Marcus, tired from a long day at work, sat on the sofa and watched his favorite show. A) Sat on the sofa. B) Watched his favorite show. C) Tired from a long day at work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tired from a long day at work. 4. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Around her waist was a wide pink ribbon, tied in back with a bow. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 5. Having finished our work, the outdoors seemed refreshing. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 6. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence: "Covered in snow, the car looked like a white mound." A) Like a white mound. B) The car looked. C) Covered in snow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covered in snow. 7. In "The painted picture was beautiful, " what kind of participle is "painted" ? A) Future participle. B) Progressive participle. C) Present participle. D) Past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past participle. 8. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Running quickly, the policeman caught the burglar. A) The policeman. B) Running quickly. C) The burglar. D) Caught. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly. 9. Identify participial phrases:Relaxing on his back patio, Jeff fell asleep. A) Relaxing on his back patio. B) Relaxing on his back. C) Jeff feel asleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relaxing on his back patio. 10. A past participial phrase usually begins with A) A, an, or the. B) An-ing word. C) An-ed word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An-ed word. 11. Identify the present participial phrase:Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river. A) Rushed to the river. B) Removing his coat. C) Jack. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing his coat. 12. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Broken into small pieces, the vase was lying on the floor.' A) Lying on the floor. B) On the floor. C) Broken into small pieces. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken into small pieces. 13. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The boy who is holding a basketball is my brother. A) The boy, not holding a basketball, is my brother. B) My brother, who is not holding a basketball, is the boy. C) The boy holding a basketball is not my brother. D) My brother, holding a basketball, is the boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My brother, holding a basketball, is the boy. 14. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Sparkling brightly, the sunlight made us squint. A) Made us squint. B) Us. C) Sparkling brightly,. D) The sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparkling brightly,. 15. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Observing his path, they said that Ares left blood, devastation, and grief behind him. A) Observing his path. B) They said that Ares. C) Left blood, devastation, and grief. D) Behind him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observing his path. 16. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.The bird singing loudly on that branch is a song sparrow. A) Singing loudly. B) The bird singing loudly. C) Singing loudly on that branch. D) Song sparrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing loudly on that branch. 17. Although he would never admit it, Sebastian loved the cafeteria food. A) Absolute Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Participial Phrase. D) Appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Clause. 18. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying in the harbor. 19. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Covered in snow, my father's car was difficult to find in the parking lot. A) Covered in snow. B) Was difficult to find. C) In the parking lot. D) My father's car was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covered in snow. 20. What is the purpose of adding a participle or participial phrase? A) To describe the imagery more clearly. B) To persuade an audience. C) To conclude the author's point. D) To evoke fear in the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe the imagery more clearly. 21. Which noun is the participial phrase modifying?Quickly checking his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out. A) Answer. B) Ran. C) Test. D) Patrick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patrick. 22. Moaning and groaning, the guests proclaimed the Thanksgiving feast a huge success. A) Feast, success. B) Moaning, groaning. C) Thanksgiving. D) Proclaimed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moaning, groaning. 23. What is the participial phrase?Miss Perry, talking about participial phrases, tripped over the pencil. A) Tripped over the pencil. B) Talking about participial phrases. C) Over the pencil. D) Talking about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talking about participial phrases. 24. Identify the sentence with a present participle used as an adjective: A) She wrote a letter. B) The closed store was dark. C) The boring movie put everyone to sleep. D) They have eaten dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boring movie put everyone to sleep. 25. The children's favorite dishes were the stuffed turkey and the baked apples. A) Turkey, apples. B) Dishes. C) Stuffed, baked. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stuffed, baked. 26. Identify the participial phrase:Some plants growing at an angle can straighten themselves up. A) Growing at an angle. B) Some plants. C) Can straighten themselves up. D) Can straighten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing at an angle. 27. Evaluate how the participial phrase "Sprinting towards the finish line, the athlete ignored the pain" enhances the narrative of determination and endurance. A) Towards the finish line. B) Ignored the painTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) The athlete ignored the pain. D) Sprinting towards the finish line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprinting towards the finish line. 28. Which option best combines these two sentences using a participial phrase? 'The chef chopped the onions. He was crying from the fumes.' A) Crying from the fumes, the chef chopped the onions. B) The chef chopped the onions, and he was crying from the fumes. C) The onions were chopped by the crying chef from the fumes. D) Chopping the onions, the fumes made the chef cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying from the fumes, the chef chopped the onions. 29. Which sentence places the participial phrase correctly to avoid confusion? A) The lost keys were found by my dad driving his car to work. B) Driving his car to work, my lost keys were found by my dad. C) Driving his car to work, my dad found my lost keys. D) My dad found my lost keys driving his car to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving his car to work, my dad found my lost keys. 30. Past participles ..... A) End in-ing. B) End in-ed. C) End in-ing or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End in-ed. ← 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