This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence with the correctly placed participial phrase: A) The dog barking at the mailman he ran away. B) Studying in the library the books fell off the table. C) Shouting with joy, the team won the game. D) The student completed confused the homework assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouting with joy, the team won the game. 2. What is the function of the gerund phrase (in pink)?Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster. A) Subject of the sentence. B) Object of the verb. C) Object of the preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject of the sentence. 3. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The flowers, blooming in the spring, attract many bees.' A) Attract many bees. B) In the spring. C) Blooming in the spring. D) The flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blooming in the spring. 4. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence and the noun it describes: "The cat, sitting by the window, watched the birds." A) By the window; birds. B) Watched the birds; cat. C) Sitting by the window; cat. D) The cat; window. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting by the window; cat. 5. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The girl who is wearing a red dress is my friend. A) The girl wearing a red dress is my friend. B) The girl who wears a red dress is my friend. C) The girl who will wear a red dress is my friend. D) The girl who wore a red dress is my friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girl wearing a red dress is my friend. 6. In the sentence 'The glowing fireflies illuminated the night', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Night. B) Illuminated. C) Glowing. D) Fireflies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fireflies. 7. Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases3. lakes, rivers, oceans, groundwater, contamination A) A. soil pollution. B) B. water pollution. C) C. noise pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. water pollution. 8. Which is the participial phrase?Walking along the highway, I met a band of gypsies. A) Walking along the highway. B) A band of gypsies. C) Walking along. D) I met a band of gypsies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking along the highway. 9. We were thrilled by the scenery of the beautiful mountains, arriving at the innArriving 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: B) Misplaced. 10. Which one is not the step to reduce an adverb clause? A) Make sure that the subject of the adverb clause and the subject of theindependent clause are the same. B) Delete the subject of the adverb clause. If necessary, move it to thesubject position in the independent clause. C) Change the adverb clause verb to the appropriate participle. D) Delete or retain the subordinator. E) Change the adverb clause verb to the adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Change the adverb clause verb to the adjective clause. 11. Which sentence contains a present participial phrase? A) Driving a nice car, Lisa impressed her friends. B) Lisa, my cousin, drives a nice car. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driving a nice car, Lisa impressed her friends. 12. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a participial phrase?a) The girl, wearing a red dress, danced gracefully.b) The tree, covered in snow, looked beautiful.c) The boy, excited about his birthday, opened his presents.d) The bird flew high in the sky. A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 13. Which sentence uses a past participle correctly? A) The break glass was on the floor. B) The run dog was tired. C) The singing bird flew away. D) The written letter was mailed yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The written letter was mailed yesterday. 14. Jeff Glor, a CBS news reporter, has a very nice smile. What interrupter am I seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive. 15. Identify participial phrase:Pork and beans canned in tomato sauce is my favorite. A) Canned in tomato sauce. B) Is my favorite. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canned in tomato sauce. 16. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Having completed the training program, Henry was ready to go to work. A) Program, Henry. B) To go to work. C) Henry was ready. D) Having completed the training program,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having completed the training program,. 17. Identify the participial phrase.The balloon, shooting swiftly into the clouds, was soon lost to sight. A) The balloon. B) Shooting swiftly into the clouds. C) Lost to sight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shooting swiftly into the clouds. 18. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Children interested in music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Interested in music early. B) Children interested. C) Children develop strong intellectual skills. D) Develop strong skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested in music early. 19. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.The king, unrecognized by all his subjects, walked around his kingdom in disguise. A) Unrecognized by all his subjects, modifies 'king'. B) Unrecognized by none, modifies 'king'. C) Recognized by all his subjects, modifies 'king'. D) Unrecognized by all his subjects, modifies 'subjects'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrecognized by all his subjects, modifies 'king'. 20. Participles are what part of speech? A) Adjectives. B) Nouns. C) Adverbs. D) Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectives. 21. Which of the following is a past participial phrase describing a black hole?A black hole is a region of space that has been ..... by gravity. A) Formed. B) Forming. C) Formed by. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formed. 22. In the sentence 'The broken window needs to be fixed', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Car. B) Tree. C) Door. D) Window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Window. 23. Identify the participial phrase of this sentence:Babies crying in the night bother me. A) The night bothers me. B) Babies bother me. C) Crying in the night. D) Babies in the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crying in the night. 24. The abandoned house was never visited on Halloween. Identify the participle. A) House. B) Halloween. C) Abandoned. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abandoned. 25. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The athlete, exhausted from the race, collapsed on the ground.' A) The athlete. B) Exhausted from the race. C) From the race. D) Collapsed on the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhausted from the race. 26. ..... , Tokyo Skytree is the tallest tower in Japan. A) Built in 2012. B) Lost in the city. C) Broken by the fall. D) Made of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built in 2012. 27. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The curtains closed at the end of the play, bringing the night of theater to an end. A) End of the play. B) Closed at the end. C) To an end. D) Bringing the night of theater to an end. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bringing the night of theater to an end. 28. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:'Amazed by the magician's tricks, the audience applauded loudly.' A) Amazed by the magician's tricks,. B) The magician's tricks. C) Amazed. D) The audience applauded loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amazed by the magician's tricks,. 29. Rewrite choice that avoids a dangling modifier:Sprinting across the field, the touchdown was celebrated by fans. A) The touchdown, sprinting across the field, was celebrated by fans. B) The fans, sprinting the touchdown, celebrated across the field. C) Sprinting across the field, the fans celebrated the touchdown. D) Celebrated by fans, sprinting across the field was the touchdown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sprinting across the field, the fans celebrated the touchdown. 30. What is the participial phrase?Garrett grabbed his coat hanging on the hook. A) Garrett grabbed. B) Grabbed his coat. C) Hanging on the hook. D) On the hook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hanging on the hook. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books