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Participial Phrases Quiz 22 (30 MCQs)

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1. Which sentence uses the participle correctly to describe the feeling?
2. ..... , the food smelled delicious.
3. Find the participial phrase:Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first. (a)
4. Arriving at the bank, oOne of the little refugees hid behind her mother, crying bitterly.und that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
5. The tower is easily seen walking down Michigan Avenue.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
6. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a past participial phrase to describe a black hole?
7. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Running late, Sarah missed the bus'?
8. What are the endings of participles?
9. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:The papers, aged and yellowed, were found in the bottom of the file cabinet.
10. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct?Jody seeing her sister in need of new clothes, passed down some of her old clothes.
11. What is the participle in this sentence?Some ducks sat on a floating log in the water.
12. A word that describes a noun is called a/an .....
13. Participial phrases, like adjective clauses, can be restrictive (necessary) or nonrestrictive (unnecessary). If the original clause is nonrestrictive, the phrase is .....
14. A gifted athlete and scholar, Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam of golf while still an amateur.
15. True or False:This sentence is written correctly and makes perfect sense. "Walking home from school, the rain started to pour down on me."
16. Identify the present participial phrase:Thinking about her best friend, Sarah decided to buy her a card.
17. For many students, high school is merely a detention cell, a prison, a facility of incarceration established to bring about anguish and despair.
18. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The sparkling water splashed in our faces.
19. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Amused but reluctant to show how I felt, I tried to stifle my grin.
20. Refusing to give up hope, Corrie Ten Boom displayed a remarkable sense of faith to those in the Ravensbruck concentration camp.
21. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The teacher, grading papers, looked exhausted.
22. Identify the participial phrase. Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.
23. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?She was quite far from the windows which were to her left, and behind her were a couple of tall bookcases, containing all the books of the factory library.
24. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your own paper.Slipping her foot into the slipper, her stepsisters glared at Cinderella.
25. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:Recently released, the movie has not yet come to our local theaters.
26. Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster.
27. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?The tourists admired the painting hanging in the museum.
28. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Urged on by the fans, the basketball team began its comeback.
29. What is the participial phrase?Knocking over the trashcan, the raccoon ate the leftovers.
30. Which sentence uses a participial phrase correctly?
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