This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase:The girl, who was wearing a red dress, danced gracefully. A) The girl, who wore a red dress, danced gracefully. B) The girl, wearing a red dress, danced gracefully. C) The girl, worn in a red dress, danced gracefully. D) The girl, who wears a red dress, danced gracefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The girl, worn in a red dress, danced gracefully. 2. What is the function of "humming" in this sentence?Humming softly, Lynda cheerfully cleaned her bicycle. A) Humming is a past participle being used as an adjective. B) Humming is the main verb in the sentence. C) Humming is a present participle being used as a adjective. D) Humming is a present participle being used as a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humming is a present participle being used as a adjective. 3. True or False:In the phrase 'the broken phone screen, ' the word 'broken' is a past participle that functions as an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.Vincent Crabbe's pet sea turtle, found in the Great Barrier Reef, weighs more than my dirt bike. A) Found in the Great Barrier Reef,. B) Weighs. C) Weighs more than my dirt bike. D) Vincent Crabbe's pet sea turtle,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found in the Great Barrier Reef,. 5. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase?My favorite Yeti, scratched from many years of use, still holds ice for 24 hours. A) Scratched. B) Still holds ice for 24 hours. C) My favorite Yeti. D) Scratched from many years of use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scratched from many years of use. 6. Identify the participle in the following sentence:The flying insects were a nuisance for many of the people at the park. A) Flying. B) No participle. C) Were. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flying. 7. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase:The car, which was old and rusty, sputtered to a stop. A) Sputtering to a stop, the car was old and rusty. B) Sputtering to a stop, the old and rusty car came to a halt. C) The car sputtered to a stop, which was old and rusty. D) The car was old and rusty, sputtering to a stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sputtering to a stop, the old and rusty car came to a halt. 8. Identify the participial phrase.The territory claimed by the Dutch was called New Netherlands. A) The territory. B) Claimed by the Dutch. C) Was. D) Called New Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claimed by the Dutch. 9. Determined to succeed, the young entrepreneur worked tirelessly on her startup. A) Independent Clause. B) Participial Phrase. C) Appositive phrase. D) Absolute Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 10. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.The people fleeing the area are trying to escape a fire. A) Fleeing the area. B) People fleeing the area. C) Trying to escape a fire. D) Trying to escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fleeing the area. 11. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Broken by the strong winds, the old fence finally collapsed. A) Finally collapsed. B) By the strong winds. C) Broken by the strong winds. D) The old fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken by the strong winds. 12. Identify the phrase. Mrs Newell, enjoying her day, heard horrible news. A) Gerund. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participle. 13. Listening to the radio an hour passed byArriving 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. 14. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. The burned brownies did not satisfy my chocolate cravings. A) Did not satisfy. B) Chocolate cravings. C) My. D) Burned brownies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burned brownies. 15. In the sentence "Armed with a flashlight, she explored the ancient ruins at night, " determine the participial phrase and explain its role in setting the scene. A) At nightTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. B) Armed with a flashlight. C) She explored. D) The ancient ruins at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Armed with a flashlight. 16. What is an example of a present participle? A) Danced. B) Running. C) Swimmed. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 17. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway. A) Ran down the hallway. B) Wearing the blue shirt. C) Down the hallway. D) The girl wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearing the blue shirt. 18. Identify the sentence with the misplaced participial phrase. A) Carrying a heavy bag, the woman walked slowly. B) The woman, carrying a heavy bag, walked slowly. C) Walking slowly, the heavy bag was carried by the woman.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. D) The woman walked slowly, carrying a heavy bag. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking slowly, the heavy bag was carried by the woman.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. 19. What is the participle in this sentence?My Mom and Dad always ate my discarded Halloween candy. A) Mom, dad. B) Ate. C) Discarded. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discarded. 20. Use commas correctly in the following sentence: "The artist who painted this mural is famous." A) The artist who painted this mural is famous.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. B) The artist, who painted this mural is famous. C) The artist who painted this mural, is famous. D) The artist, who painted this mural, is famous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The artist who painted this mural is famous.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. 21. Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thick layer of snow. A) Marveled at the yard. B) Covered in a thick layer of snow. C) Yard. D) Mandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in a thick layer of snow. 22. In the sentence "Having finished the assignment, Julia decided to take a break, " identify the participial phrase and discuss its effect on the sequence of events. A) Having finished the assignment. B) Julia decided. C) To take a break. D) The assignmentTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having finished the assignment. 23. Identify the participial phrase.Wealth acquired dishonestly will prove a curse. A) Wealth acquired. B) Acquired dishonestly. C) Prove a curse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acquired dishonestly. 24. Made of silk and lace, she found her grandmother's dress in an old trunk. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 25. ..... , cherry blossoms are a sign of spring in Japan. A) Made of bamboo. B) Built in the Edo period. C) Inspired by Studio Ghibli films. D) Known as "sakura". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Known as "sakura". 26. Which of the following is a past participial phrase describing a quasar?A quasar is a ..... supermassive black hole. A) Formed. B) Forming. C) Formed by. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formed. 27. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence: "To win the championship is their ultimate goal." A) Their ultimate goal. B) To win the championship. C) Is their ultimate goal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To win the championship. 28. Curled up inside a big one-meter drainage pipe that ran under the road, she had her baseball glove in her mouth, and she was rocking back and forth, banging her head repeatedly against the back of the pipe. A) I see a present participle in that sentence. B) I see a past participle in that sentence. C) I see a present and past participle in that sentence. D) I don't see any participial phrases in that sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I see a present and past participle in that sentence. 29. What is the participial phrase in "Covered in mud, the car needed washing" ? A) The car needed washing. B) Needed washing. C) The car needed. D) Covered in mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covered in mud. 30. Fill in the blank with the present participle:I met a boy ..... a box of chocolates. A) Had carrying. B) Carried. C) Carrying. D) Was carrying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrying. 31. I'd inch closer and closer, feeling the heat against my face. A) No Change. B) I'd inch closer and closer feeling the heat against my face. C) I'd inch, closer and closer, feeling the heat against my face. D) I'd inch closer and closer feeling the heat, against my face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 32. Write a sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective to describe a house. A) The house, located near a busy street, looked peaceful. B) The house, filled with noisy animals, looked serene. C) The house, built with bricks, looked like a mansion. D) The house, surrounded by blooming flowers, looked picturesque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The house, surrounded by blooming flowers, looked picturesque. 33. Identify the participle phrase. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table. A) Ran toward the cake. B) Falling off. C) Falling off the table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling off the table. 34. Kahley, trying to keep calm, did not yell at Pierce when he took a pencil from her desk. What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 35. She saw Nokomis waiting for her in the woods. A) Waiting for her. B) She saw Nokomis. C) In the woods. D) Nokomis waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waiting for her. 36. 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. 37. Analyze the participial phrase "Glaring at the opponent, the chess player made a decisive move" and discuss how it contributes to character development. A) A decisive moveTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. B) Glaring at the opponent. C) The chess player made a decisive move. D) The chess player. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glaring at the opponent. 38. Children ..... have an advantage over monolingual children A) Raising in bilingual families. B) Who raised in bilingual families. C) Raised in bilingual families. D) Who raising in bilingual families. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raised in bilingual families. 39. Do you know the couple A) Is dancing happily?. B) Dances happily?. C) Dancing happily?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dancing happily?. 40. What is the participle in this sentence?The abandoned house was never visited on Halloween. A) The. B) Abandoned. C) House. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abandoned. 41. The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on.The participle in this sentence is ..... A) Finally. B) Crying. C) Favorite. D) Important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crying. 42. A present participial phrase ..... be removed from a sentence. A) Can. B) Cannot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 43. For dinner, Cindy enjoyed a hamburger topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup. A) Enjoyed a hamburger. B) Topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup. C) For dinner. D) Hamburger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup. 44. Working in the lab, the scientist created a robot. A) A robot. B) Scientist. C) Working in the lab. D) Created. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working in the lab. 45. Which is the participle phrase?The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) Clogged with dog hair. B) Drained slowly. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clogged with dog hair. 46. The child ( )to music can play computer games well. A) Listening. B) Listened. C) Listen. D) Is istening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening. 47. Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river.The participial phrase in the above sentence is ..... A) Rushed to the river. B) Removing his coat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing his coat. 48. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Dressed in his flight suit, the astronaut climbed into the spaceship. A) The spaceship. B) Climbed into. C) Dressed in his flight suit,. D) The astronaut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dressed in his flight suit,. 49. Which is the participial phrase?Having discovered the error, the accountant corrected it immediately. A) The accountant corrected it. B) Having discovered the error. C) Having discovered the error, the accountant. D) Corrected it immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having discovered the error. 50. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riding to the front. 51. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Tired from the long day, the students eagerly awaited the bell. A) Tired from the long day B) The students C) Eagerly awaited D) The bell A) The students eagerly. B) The long day. C) Tired from the long day. D) Awaited the bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tired from the long day. 52. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Running through the water, the children of the city romped under the spray of the hydrant. A) Children of the city. B) Romped under the spray of the hydrant. C) Through the water. D) Running through the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running through the water. 53. In the sentence below, which word should be followed by a comma? Shaking hands with people the president barely made it to his car. A) It. B) Hands. C) People. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People. 54. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Struggling to tie her shoes, Rylie asked Max for help. A) Rylie. B) Max. C) Shoes. D) Struggling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rylie. 55. The boy by his teacher cannot answer the question. A) Asked. B) Who asked. C) Ask. D) Asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked. 56. Fill in the blank with the past participle: ..... by hate, he lashed out with a knife. A) Blind. B) Having blind. C) Blinded. D) Blinding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blinded. 57. Identify the participial phrase.Burgoyne, having been surrounded at Saratoga, surrendered to General Gates. A) Burgoyne. B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. C) Surrendered to General Gates. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. 58. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence?"And then, tracing each word with his paw, he read the story of a beautiful princess and the brave knight who serves and honors her" (Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux, 24). A) And then. B) Tracing each word with his paw. C) He read the story. D) Of a beautiful princess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tracing each word with his paw. 59. ..... , the glass was broken. A) Painted with bright colors. B) Frozen by the cold. C) Caught in the rain. D) Dropped on the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dropped on the floor. 60. Identify the present participial phrase:Nicholas, trying hard to pass chemistry, went to the tutoring lab. A) Nicholas. B) Went to the tutoring lab. C) Trying hard to pass chemistry. D) None of the above. 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