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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the correct punctuation for the sentence? A) Pleased with his grades Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. B) Pleased with his grades, Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. C) Pleased with his grades. Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleased with his grades, Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. 2. I'm going to ride the bicycle A) In front of the tree. B) Is in front of the tree. C) In front the tree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In front of the tree. 3. In the following sentence, which word does the participial phrase modify?Running down the street, Mark followed the ice cream truck. A) Truck. B) Ice cream. C) Mark. D) Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mark. 4. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Heated by the sun, Earth's surface can support life. A) Heated by the sun,. B) Can support. C) Life. D) Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heated by the sun,. 5. The girls sitting at the front of the room were gossiping. A) The girls. B) Sitting at the front of the room. C) Were gossiping. D) About what Zander did yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sitting at the front of the room. 6. Evaluate the sentence and identify the participial phrase: "The artist, known for her portraits, was featured in the magazine." A) The artist. B) Known for her portraits. C) Was featured in the magazine. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Known for her portraits. 7. 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. 8. 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) Put the word not at the beginning of a participial phrase to make it negative. B) Change the punctuation (commas or no commas). C) Delete the relative pronoun (who, which, or that). D) Change the verb to a participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change the punctuation (commas or no commas). 9. What is the role of modifiers in a participial phrase? A) They provide additional information about the participle. B) They connect the participial phrase to the main clause. C) They provide the main action of the sentence. D) They indicate the tense of the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They provide additional information about the participle. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Find the participial phrase:The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway. (a) A) Ran down the hallway. B) A. wearing the blue shirt. C) Down the hallway. D) The girl wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. wearing the blue shirt. 14. In the sentence 'The crying baby was comforted by her mother', what is the participial phrase and what word does it modify? A) Crying baby modifies the word baby. B) Running dog modifies the word mother. C) Laughing toddler modifies the word crying. D) Sleeping cat modifies the word comforted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying baby modifies the word baby. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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) Dad trying, to support me, also thought I should face down my enemy. C) No Change. 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. 19. 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) Flame. B) Way. C) Loved. D) Hiss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flame. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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) Sung by the choir director, modifies talent show. C) Agreed to sing, modifies Alberto. D) Asked by the choir director, modifies director. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked by the choir director, modifies Alberto. 23. The boy could not comprehend the story, stumped by the very large vocabulary. A) Absolute Phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Independent Clause. D) Appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Clause. 24. Jane Austen, a renowned English novelist, wrote several classic novels. A) Appositive phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Participial Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive phrase. 25. 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. 26. 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: A) The happy coach waved at the fans CHEERING IN THE UPPER DECK. 27. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The students, studying for their exams, were very focused.' A) Studying for their exams. B) Were very focused. C) The students. D) For their exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studying for their exams. 28. Find the participial phrase:Food frozen for over five years tastes icky. A) Five years. B) Frozen for over five years. C) Tastes icky. D) Frozen food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen for over five years. 29. 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. 30. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books