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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that demonstrates correct placement of commas in a participial phrase. A) The girl eating an apple, walked to school. B) The girl eating an apple walked to school. C) The girl eating, an apple walked to school. D) The girl, eating an apple, walked to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The girl, eating an apple, walked to school. 2. Which one is not the way to make a reduced adjective clause?You can reduce a subject pattern adjective clause as follows.1. 2. 3. 4 ..... A) Change the verb to a participle. B) Put the word not at the beginning of a participial phrase to make it negative. C) Change the punctuation (commas or no commas). D) Delete the relative pronoun (who, which, or that). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change the punctuation (commas or no commas). 3. What is the role of modifiers in a participial phrase? A) They connect the participial phrase to the main clause. B) They provide the main action of the sentence. C) They indicate the tense of the verb. D) They provide additional information about the participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They provide additional information about the participle. 4. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:Cheering and clapping, the fans greeted their teams. A) Cheering and clapping. B) The fans. C) Greeted their teams. D) Their teams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheering and clapping. 5. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:Carefully painted and decorated, the artwork glittered in the sunlight. A) Carefully painted. B) Carefully painted and decorated. C) The artwork glittered. D) In the sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carefully painted and decorated. 6. Being interested in poetry, the lecture appealed to me.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: A) Dangling. 7. In the sentence 'The crying baby was comforted by her mother', what is the participial phrase and what word does it modify? A) Sleeping cat modifies the word comforted. B) Crying baby modifies the word baby. C) Laughing toddler modifies the word crying. D) Running dog modifies the word mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crying baby modifies the word baby. 8. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:Records, cracked and warped, were in the old trunk in the attic. A) Records. B) Cracked and warped. C) Warped. D) Were in the old trunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cracked and warped. 9. Who are you talking about? A) I'm talking about the elderly woman sitting next to Javier. B) I'm talking about of the elderly woman is sitting next to Javier. C) I'm talking about the elderly woman sit next to Javier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'm talking about the elderly woman sitting next to Javier. 10. One of the best superfoods, the pomegranate, will keep you healthy through the winter months. What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive. 11. If there is a participial phrase, punctuate it. If not, choose no change:Dad trying to support me also thought I should face down my enemy A) Dad trying to support me, also thought, I should face down my enemy. B) No Change. C) Dad trying, to support me, also thought I should face down my enemy. D) Dad, trying to support me, also thought I should face down my enemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dad, trying to support me, also thought I should face down my enemy. 12. What word is being described by the participle in this sentence? "I loved the way the burning flame leaped out of the red-coated tip with a pop and a hiss." A) Hiss. B) Loved. C) Flame. D) Way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flame. 13. Which of the following sentences uses the participial phrase correctly? A) The painting, admired by everyone, it hung in the gallery. B) Admired by everyone, the painting hung in the gallery. C) It hung in the gallery, admired by everyone. D) The painting hung in the gallery, admired by everyone.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admired by everyone, the painting hung in the gallery. 14. Which dog do you want to adopt? A) The one is lying under the table. B) The one lying under the table. C) The one lying is under the table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The one lying under the table. 15. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Alberto, asked by the choir director, agreed to sing in the talent show. A) Asked by the choir director, modifies Alberto. B) Asked by the choir director, modifies director. C) Agreed to sing, modifies Alberto. D) Sung by the choir director, modifies talent show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked by the choir director, modifies Alberto. 16. The boy could not comprehend the story, stumped by the very large vocabulary. A) Independent Clause. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 17. Jane Austen, a renowned English novelist, wrote several classic novels. A) Appositive phrase. B) Absolute Phrase. C) Participial Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive phrase. 18. What is the participle phrase?Looking intently at the map, Jerry found New Hope. A) At the map. B) Found New Hope. C) Looking intently at the map. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looking intently at the map. 19. In which sentence is the participial phrase capitalized? A) The happy COACH WAVED AT THE FANS cheering in the upper deck. B) THE HAPPY COACH waved at the fans cheering in the upper deck. C) The happy coach WAVED AT THE FANS cheering in the upper deck. D) The happy coach waved at the fans CHEERING IN THE UPPER DECK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The happy coach waved at the fans CHEERING IN THE UPPER DECK. 20. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The students, studying for their exams, were very focused.' A) The students. B) Were very focused. C) Studying for their exams. D) For their exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studying for their exams. 21. Find the participial phrase:Food frozen for over five years tastes icky. A) Frozen for over five years. B) Tastes icky. C) Frozen food. D) Five years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen for over five years. 22. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?The captain during touchdown worried about skidding left and right with sparks flying everywhere. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 23. Identify the participle(s).For dinner Maurice enjoyed a hamburger topped with pickles, onions, and mustard. A) Enjoyed. B) Topped. C) Enjoyed, topped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topped. 24. What/who does walking slowly modifies:'Walking slowly, the old man crossed the street.' A) Crossed. B) The old man. C) Slowly. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The old man. 25. In the sentence "The car, repaired after the accident, runs smoothly now, " what does the participial phrase modify? A) Car. B) Accident. C) Smoothly. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Car. 26. Which of the following best explains why "Wanting a treat that Mother had forbidden" contains an embedded clause? A) Because it is a past participial phrase. B) Because "that Mother had forbidden" is a clause within the phrase. C) Because it has a prepositional phrase. D) Because it is a direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because "that Mother had forbidden" is a clause within the phrase. 27. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.A banana peel lying on the ground caused the comedian to slip. A) Lying on the ground modifies 'comedian'. B) Lying on the ground modifies 'banana peel'. C) Lying on the ground modifies 'slip'. D) Lying on the ground modifies 'caused'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lying on the ground modifies 'banana peel'. 28. In the sentence "Decorated with bright colors, the parade float attracted everyone's attention, " identify the participial phrase and discuss its role in enhancing visual imagery. A) Everyone's attention. B) With bright colorsTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) Decorated with bright colors. D) The parade float attracted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decorated with bright colors. 29. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:Amazed by the view, we took many pictures. A) Amazed by the view B) We took C) Many pictures D) By the view A) Many pictures. B) By the view. C) We took. D) Amazed by the view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazed by the view. 30. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Running down the street, the dog chased after the ball.' A) The dog chased after the ball. B) Down the street. C) Running after the ball. D) Running down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running down the street. 31. Identify the noun or pronoun being modified by the participial phrase. Having come out in the cool night air, Mr. Troy looked up at the sky. A) Having come out in the cool night air. B) Mr. Troy. C) Looked up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Troy. 32. What is the participle phrase?Scrambling and hustling to win, the home team came from four runs down to win the game in extra innings. A) In extra innings. B) Came from four runs down. C) Scrambling and hustling to win. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scrambling and hustling to win. 33. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Jupiter, knowing her charms, nevertheless married her to Vulcan, the ugliest of the gods. A) Knowing her charms. B) Jupiter. C) Married her to Vulcan. D) Ugliest of the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowing her charms. 34. "Shout, I'd stomp on the flames." A) To shout. B) Shouted. C) Shouting. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouting. 35. Identify the participle in the following sentence.Taking her little brother to the movies, Susie wanted to avoid seeing any of her friends A) Seeing. B) Taking. C) No participle present. D) Wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking. 36. What are the participles in this sentence?The children's favorite dishes were the stuffed turkey and the baked apples. A) Dishes. B) Were. C) Turkey, apples. D) Stuffed, baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stuffed, baked. 37. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The dog barking loudly kept me awake.' A) Loudly barking. B) Barking loudly. C) Kept me awake. D) The dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barking loudly. 38. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:For centuries the ruins remained there, still undiscovered. A) Undiscovered. B) Centuries. C) Remained. D) Ruins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Undiscovered. 39. Braving the elements, Roger continued his journey across Antarctica, the largest continent in the world. A) Roger continued his journey across Antarctica. B) Braving the elements. C) The largest continent in the world. D) Across Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Braving the elements. 40. Discuss the impact of the participial phrase "Whistling a cheerful tune, he completed his work" on the atmosphere of the scene. A) His workTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. B) A cheerful tune. C) Whistling a cheerful tune. D) He completed his work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whistling a cheerful tune. 41. Identify the past participle in this sentence: "The closed door kept out the cold." A) Cold. B) Kept. C) Closed. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Closed. 42. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Excited about the trip, they packed their bags.' A) Excited about the trip,. B) Packed. C) Excited. D) Packed their bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited about the trip,. 43. Which of the following is a past participial phrase describing a nebula?A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust that has been ..... by stars. A) Formed. B) Forming. C) Formed by. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formed. 44. Walking toward the pictures, the names of the artists could be clearly seen.Arriving at the bank, ound 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: A) Dangling. 45. A present participle will have the following ending: A) -ing. B) -ed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 46. Identify the participle(s).Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thin layer of sparkling dew. A) Covered. B) Covered, sparkling. C) Marveled. D) Sparkling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered, sparkling. 47. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The children, fidgeting noisily, waited eagerly for recess. A) Waited. B) Eagerly. C) Fidgeting. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fidgeting. 48. Find the participle phrase:The wedding dress worn by Kate Middleton is hanging up in a museum in England today. A) By Kate Middleton. B) In a museum. C) Hanging in a museum in England today. D) The wedding dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hanging in a museum in England today. 49. What is a dangling participial phrase? A) A phrase that clearly modifies a noun or pronoun in the sentence. B) A phrase that does not clearly and logically modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence, often leading to confusion. C) A phrase that is always placed at the beginning of a sentence. D) A phrase that provides additional information but is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A phrase that does not clearly and logically modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence, often leading to confusion. 50. The little child ( ) the bad news cried for a long time. A) Who told. B) Told. C) Who tells. D) Tells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 51. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Miss Perry, talking about participial phrases, tripped over the pencil. A) Talking. B) Phrases. C) Miss Perry. D) Pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miss Perry. 52. Dave Grohl who is the lead singer and guitarist for the Foo Fighters previously played drums for Nirvana. A) Correct as is. B) Add comma after Foo Fighters'. C) Add comma after 'Grohl and singer'. D) Add comma after 'Grohl and Fighters'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add comma after 'Grohl and Fighters'. 53. Identify the participial phrase.The thief, being detected, surrendered to the officer. A) The thief. B) Being detected. C) Surrendered to the office. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being detected. 54. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:By the twelfth century, a program challenging to both mind and body had been developed. A) A program challenging. B) Challenging to both mind and body. C) Challenging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Challenging to both mind and body. 55. Cooking dinner, the food was made by Mom. A) Cooking dinner, the food was made, by Mom. B) Cooking dinner, Mom made the food. C) Cooking dinner the food was made by Mom. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooking dinner, Mom made the food. 56. Find the Participle in the following sentence:My school is working hard to prepare us for testing day. A) Working. B) Hard. C) Testing. D) Prepare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Testing. 57. Are you going to buy those shoes? A) I mean, the ones are in the shoebox?. B) I mean, the ones in the shoebox?. C) I mean, one in the shoebox?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I mean, the ones in the shoebox?. 58. Which part of the sentence is a participle? We should volunteer to rebuild the destroyed homes from Hurricane Harvey. A) Destroyed. B) Should. C) We should volunteer. D) Rebuild. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Destroyed. 59. Coming into the room, the boy threw his books on the desk. A) Threw his books. B) Coming into the room. C) The boy. D) On the desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming into the room. 60. After waiting for an hour, Martha finally arrived A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. ← 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