This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the participle in the following sentence.Carla searched the entire mall, wanting to get the perfect dress for homecoming. A) Wanting. B) Homecoming. C) No participle present. D) Searched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanting. 2. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The other shoji slammed open, and unseen, Buntaro stamped away, followed by the guard. A) The other shoji slammed open. B) Unseen, Buntaro stamped away. C) Followed by the guard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Followed by the guard. 3. In the sentence 'The painted fence looks new', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) New. B) Looks. C) Fence. D) Painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fence. 4. Where's the participial phrase?The wood burning in the fireplace quickly warmed the cabin. A) Warmed the cabin. B) The wood. C) Quickly warmed the cabin. D) Burning in the fireplace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning in the fireplace. 5. Swimming in the ocean, I felt free and alive. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrases. 6. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Having completed the training program, Henry was ready to go to work. A) To go to work. B) Henry was ready. C) Program, Henry. D) Having completed the training program,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having completed the training program,. 7. Where's the participial phrase?We enjoyed a delicious Japanese meal, prepared by a trained chef. A) Prepared by a trained chef. B) By a trained chef. C) Japanese meal. D) We enjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepared by a trained chef. 8. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. Coming out of the market, the bananas fell on the pavement. A) Dangling participle. B) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling participle. 9. Choose the sentence that contains a participial phrase. A) The frog was jumping from stone to stone. B) Jumping from stone to stone, the kitten slipped. C) Jumping from stone to stone is a fun game for kids. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jumping from stone to stone, the kitten slipped. 10. Find the PARTICIPLE. The dancing bear was on display. A) On. B) Bear. C) Dancing. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dancing. 11. The workers ..... to build the Panama Canal were at grave risk of getting yellow fever. A) Struggled. B) Struggling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Struggling. 12. What does a participial phrase begin with? A) A verb. B) An adjective. C) A noun. D) A present or past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A present or past participle. 13. Ms. Schutte's new puppy, Oberon, barks at all the leaves blowing in the wind. A) Participial. B) Gerund. C) Prepositional. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial. 14. The cat was hiding in the kitchen. It was ready to catch the mouse. A) Hiding in the kitchen, the cat was ready to catch the mouse. B) Ready to catch the mouse. The cat was hiding in the kitchen. C) Getting ready to catch the mouse, it hides in the kitchen. D) Hiding in the kitchen. It was ready to catch the mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hiding in the kitchen, the cat was ready to catch the mouse. 15. What noun is the participle modifying? "Frowning, he finally came out with a single marble" (Jeff Brumbeau, The Quiltmaker's Gift). A) He. B) Marble. C) Frowning. D) Quilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He. 16. What is the verb in this sentence? Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Ate. B) Sitting. C) Tuna sandwich. D) Absolute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 17. Which of these is an example of a noun? A) Brown. B) Verb. C) Chicken. D) Grill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chicken. 18. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence? "Turning a corner suddenly, they came upon two vans, a tent, and a company of gypsies encamped by the side of the road" (E. Nesbit, Five Children and It, 70). A) Turning a corner suddenly. B) A tent. C) By the side of the road. D) They came upon us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turning a corner suddenly. 19. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence? "Frowning, he finally came out with a single marble" (Jeff Brumbeau, The Quiltmaker's Gift). A) Frowning. B) He. C) Finally came out. D) A single marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frowning. 20. We did not have any dinner because we wanted to watch the firework. A) Wanting to watch the firework, we did not have any dinner. B) Not having any dinner. We wanted to watch the firework. C) Not having any dinner because we wanted to watch the firework. D) Not wanting to miss the firework, we did not have any dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanting to watch the firework, we did not have any dinner. 21. Which is an example of a perfect tense verb? A) He lived in Boston. B) He has lived in Boston for several years. C) He is living in Boston now. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has lived in Boston for several years. 22. What is the participle in the following sentence? Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house. A) Into. B) House. C) Shivering. D) Couple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shivering. 23. Identify the participial phrase. The general, riding to the front, led the attack. A) The general. B) Riding to the front. C) Led the attack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riding to the front. 24. Identify the participle in the following sentence. Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair. A) No participle present. B) Getting. C) Combed. D) Brushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting. 25. Identify the participial phrase. Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm. A) Placing the cookies. B) Placing the cookies in the oven. C) Burned his arm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing the cookies in the oven. 26. Identify the participle(s). Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground. A) Surprised. B) Levitating. C) Defying. D) Defying, levitating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defying. 27. The bread in the oven is intended for Sunday dinner. A) Appositive. B) Participial. C) Prepositional. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositional. 28. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Heated by the sun, Earth's surface can support life. A) Earth's surface. B) Can support. C) Heated by the sun,. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heated by the sun,. 29. Which of the following is properly punctuated? A) The reward, announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money. B) The reward, announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money. C) The reward announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money. D) The reward announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reward, announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money. 30. ..... by not more than 40 families. Kampung Naga Is unique village In West Java. A) Inhabiting. B) Inhabits. C) Inhabited. D) They inhabit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inhabited. ← 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