This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes the participial phrase in "Wanting a treat that Mother had forbidden, he risked punishment" ? A) Present participial phrase with a direct object. B) Present participial phrase containing a prepositional phrase. C) Present participial phrase with both a direct object and an embedded clause. D) Past participial phrase containing an embedded clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present participial phrase with both a direct object and an embedded clause. 2. The screaming ghost startled all the children. A) Screaming. B) Startled. C) Never. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Screaming. 3. Identify the participial phrase:'Amazed by the stunning view, they took many photographs.' A) Amazed. B) Took many photographs. C) The stunning view. D) Amazed by the stunning view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazed by the stunning view. 4. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Amazed by the view, they took many pictures.' A) Shocked by the landscape. B) Amazed by the view. C) Amazed at the sight. D) Surprised by the scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amazed by the view. 5. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Broken into pieces, the vase was beyond repair.' A) Beyond repair. B) The vase. C) Broken into pieces. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken into pieces. 6. Change this adjective clause into participial phrase:The team members, who looked happy after their victory, were cheered by the fans. A) The team members, looking happy after their victory, were cheered by the fans. B) The team members, looked happy after their victory, were cheered by the fans. C) The team members, who werelooking happy after their victory, were cheered by the fas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The team members, looking happy after their victory, were cheered by the fans. 7. What is wrong with this sentence: "Jumping over the fence, the sun was setting" ? A) It has a dangling participle. B) It has no subject. C) It has no verb. D) It has incorrect punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has a dangling participle. 8. Identify the participle;The purring cat jumped on the bed. A) Bed. B) Purring. C) Cat. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purring. 9. Rewrite the sentence to correct the misplaced participial phrase:'Eating quickly, the pizza was devoured by the hungry teenagers.' A) The pizza was devoured by the hungry teenagers quickly. B) The pizza was quickly devoured by the hungry teenagers. C) The hungry teenagers devoured the pizza quickly. D) Quickly eating, the pizza was devoured by the hungry teenagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The hungry teenagers devoured the pizza quickly. 10. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?A wide pink ribbon was tied in back with a bow. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 11. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a present participial phrase? A) Can contain embedded clauses. B) Functions as a main verb in the sentence. C) Begins with a verb ending in-ing. D) Can include modifiers or objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Functions as a main verb in the sentence. 12. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The lost hiker was found by the search team'? A) Hiker. B) Found. C) Team. D) Search. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hiker. 13. What is the participial phrase?The dog running across the street almost got hit by a car. A) Running. B) Running across. C) Running across the street. D) Across the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running across the street. 14. Identify the participial phrase in this sentence:Covered in snow, the car wouldn't start. A) The car wouldn't start. B) In snow. C) Wouldn't start. D) Covered in snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covered in snow. 15. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The dog barked loudly. The neighbors were annoyed. A) The dog barked loudly, annoying the neighbors. B) The dog barked loudly, while the neighbors were annoyed. C) The dog barking loudly, the neighbors were annoyed. D) The dog barked loudly, and the neighbors were annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog barking loudly, the neighbors were annoyed. 16. Find the Participial Pharse/s in the following sentence:The girl feeling a bit nervous, she took a deep breath. A) Feeling a bit nervous. B) She took. C) The girl. D) A deep breath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling a bit nervous. 17. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) Running quickly B) The cat C) Jumped over the fence D) In the morning A) The cat. B) Jumped over the fence. C) Running quickly. D) In the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running quickly. 18. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.The boat, making large waves, overturned our canoe. A) Making large waves, overturned our canoe. B) The boat overturned our canoe. C) Making large waves. D) Overturned our canoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making large waves. 19. In the sentence "Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar, " what grammatical function does the phrase "on his tiptoes" serve? A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Prepositional phrase. D) Embedded clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositional phrase. 20. Being of Irish stock, my parents had a keen sense of humor.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 21. Evaluate the sentence "Driven by ambition, she pursued her goals relentlessly" for how the participial phrase explains the character's motivation. A) Pursued her goalsTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. B) Her goals relentlessly. C) Driven by ambition. D) She pursued her goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driven by ambition. 22. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.The lot, filled with cars, was enormous. A) Filled with cars modifies the word 'lot'. B) Filled with cars modifies the word 'cars'. C) The lot modifies the phrase 'filled with cars'. D) Filled with cars modifies the word 'enormous'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filled with cars modifies the word 'lot'. 23. Whose reports have you checked? A) The ones that belong to the girl drinking a glass of water. B) The ones that belongs to the girl dinking a glass of water. C) The one that belongs to the girl drinking a glass of water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ones that belong to the girl drinking a glass of water. 24. Analyze the sentence and determine the impact of the participial phrase on the reader's understanding: "The book, written by an unknown author, became a surprise bestseller." A) The book. B) Became a surprise bestseller. C) An unknown authorTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. D) Written by an unknown author. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Written by an unknown author. 25. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.That newspaper blowing all over the yard is a real mess. A) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'newspaper'. B) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'yard'. C) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'mess'. D) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'that'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'newspaper'. 26. Adjectives are words that describe ..... and ..... A) An action. B) A person, place, or idea. C) Nouns and pronouns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nouns and pronouns. 27. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase that modifies an object? A) The dog chased the ball rolling down the hill. B) The hill was steep. C) The ball was lost. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog chased the ball rolling down the hill. 28. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Before she left, my mom told us about the new library planned for this neighborhood. A) About the new library. B) Planned for this neighborhood. C) Told us about. D) Before she left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planned for this neighborhood. 29. Participles are words that are formed from verbs but act as A) Nouns. B) Adjectives. C) Verbs. D) Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjectives. 30. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.3. The key witness, protected by two guards, has arrived. (a) A) By two guards. B) Arrived. C) Key. D) A. protected by two guards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. protected by two guards. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books