This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the participle in the sentence:'The barking dog kept me awake.' A) Barkinged. B) Barked. C) Bark. D) Barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barking. 2. Which part of the sentence is the past participial phrase? EX:Michael, overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton, his number one college, danced down the hallway. A) Danced down the hallway. B) His number one college. C) Michael. D) Overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton. 3. Sitting in the freezer, the caveman stayed fresh. A) Fresh. B) Stayed. C) Sitting. D) Caveman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting. 4. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The sun set. The sky turned orange and pink. A) The sun set, turning the sky orange and pink. B) The sun set, the sky rained heavily. C) The sun set, the sky turned blue and green. D) The sun set, the sky filled with stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun set, turning the sky orange and pink. 5. Find the participial phrase in the sentence and the word it describes: "The painting, admired by everyone, was the highlight of the exhibit." A) Admired by everyone; painting. B) The highlight of the exhibit; painting. C) Was the highlight; exhibit. D) By everyone; exhibit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admired by everyone; painting. 6. Identify the participial phrase:Stock traders investing in foreign markets have enjoyed a 40% yield this year. A) Have enjoyed. B) Traders investing in foreign markets. C) Investing in foreign markets. D) Have enjoyed a 40% yield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Investing in foreign markets. 7. Which of the following sentences contains a past participial phrase? A) The cat purring softly lay on the bed. B) The letter sent by the postman was urgent. C) The man jogging in the park is my uncle. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The letter sent by the postman was urgent. 8. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Giggling like a child, Marie handed the package to her brother. A) Giggling like a child modifies 'package'. B) Giggling like a child modifies 'brother'. C) Giggling like a child modifies 'handed'. D) Giggling like a child modifies 'Marie'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giggling like a child modifies 'Marie'. 9. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The girl, carrying a heavy backpack, struggled to climb the mountain.' A) Girl. B) Backpack. C) Mountain. D) Struggled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Girl. 10. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly in her mother's dress. A) Relinquished by the nurse. B) Rushed across the room. C) Rooted shyly in her mother's dress. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relinquished by the nurse. 11. A participle is a form of a verb that acts as a ..... A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 12. Identify the participial phrase:The ski run covered with the most new powder attracted huge crowds of skiers. A) Run covered with. B) Covered with the most new powder. C) Attracted huge crowds of skiers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered with the most new powder. 13. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? Remembering Baby Neewo, Omakayas wept. A) Omakayas wept. B) Remembering Baby Neewo. C) Omakays. D) Baby Neewo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remembering Baby Neewo. 14. What is the function of a participle in a sentence? A) A participle functions as an adverb, modifying verbs. B) A participle functions as a conjunction, connecting clauses. C) A participle functions as a verb, indicating action. D) A participle functions as an adjective, describing a noun or pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A participle functions as an adjective, describing a noun or pronoun. 15. I saw a strange looking man enter the house wearing a leather jacket. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 16. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence?"A young physicist named Herb Anderson walked in, yawning, and helped do a few last-minute checks" (Steve Sheinkin, Bomb, 71.) A) A young physicist. B) Yawning. C) Herb Anderson walked in. D) A few last-minute checks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yawning. 17. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey. A) Across the night sky. B) Sweeping across. C) Sweeping across the night sky. D) Hunted their prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweeping across the night sky. 18. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept for twelve hours. A) Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept. B) Slept for twelve hours. C) Myra slept for twelve hours. D) Exhausted by her effort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exhausted by her effort. 19. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Broken by the news, she couldn't stop crying.' A) Broken by the news. B) Stopped by the news. C) She couldn't. D) Crying by the news. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken by the news. 20. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride, a fourteen-year-old became a squire. A) Demonstrating his ability to hunt. B) Demonstrating his ability. C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride. 21. Find the Participial Pharse in the following sentence:The tourists, dazzled by the breathtaking scenery, has snapped countless photographs. A) Has snapped. B) The tourists. C) Countless photographs. D) Dazzled by the breathtaking scenery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dazzled by the breathtaking scenery. 22. What is the role of the participial phrase "covered in dust" in the sentence: "The old book, covered in dust, was found in the attic" ? A) It modifies the book. B) It modifies the dust. C) It modifies the attic. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It modifies the book. 23. Identify the participle in the following sentence:Sadly, Todd watched as his damaged car was towed away in the rain. A) No participle. B) Damaged. C) Sadly. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Damaged. 24. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Puttering around in his basement workshop, Dad is able to forget the troubles of the day. A) Dad. B) Around in his basement. C) Workshop. D) The troubles of the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dad. 25. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.1. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. (a) A) A. Expecting good news. B) Raced. C) Raced to the mailbox. D) Good news. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Expecting good news. 26. Analyze how the participial phrase "Shivering uncontrollably, the lost hiker awaited rescue" affects the mood and tone of the sentence. A) The lost hiker awaited rescue. B) Awaited rescueTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) The lost hiker. D) Shivering uncontrollably. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shivering uncontrollably. 27. Identify the participial phrase:Three teenagers treated in the emergency room yesterday required stitches. A) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. B) Required stitches. C) In the emergency room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. 28. 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, I could think. B) Of sleep. C) Could think only of sleep. D) Slumped over a chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slumped over a chair. 29. Which option best combines these two sentences using a participial phrase? "My dad fell asleep on the couch. He was exhausted from a long day at work." A) My dad fell asleep on the couch, and he was exhausted. B) Falling asleep on the couch, my dad was exhausted from a long day at work. C) Exhausted from a long day at work, my dad fell asleep on the couch. D) My dad, he fell asleep on the couch because he was exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhausted from a long day at work, my dad fell asleep on the couch. 30. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a present participial phrase to describe a nebula? A) The nebula is formed into stars. B) The nebula forms stars. C) The nebula is forming stars. D) The nebula is formed by stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The nebula is forming stars. ← 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