This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Cooking dinner, the food was made by Mom. A) No Change. B) Cooking dinner the food was made by Mom. C) Cooking dinner, the food was made, by Mom. D) Cooking dinner, Mom made the food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooking dinner, Mom made the food. 3. Find the Participle in the following sentence:My school is working hard to prepare us for testing day. A) Prepare. B) Testing. C) Working. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testing. 4. 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?. 5. 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. 6. Coming into the room, the boy threw his books on the desk. A) On the desk. B) Coming into the room. C) The boy. D) Threw his books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming into the room. 7. 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. 8. Identify the participial phrase. Searching for the code, Jonathan, was really excited. A) Jonathan. B) Searching for the code. C) Was. D) Really excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Searching for the code. 9. A past participial phrase is used as ..... A) An adjective. B) A noun. C) A verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adjective. 10. Their faith established in God's holy word, the pilgrims set out from England to be a beacon of hope in the new world. A) Absolute Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Appositive phrase. D) Participial Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute Phrase. 11. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:The children, fidgeting noisily, waited eagerly for recess. A) The children. B) For recess. C) Fidgeting noisily. D) Waited eagerly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fidgeting noisily. 12. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Yesterday after school, Paul raked the lawn covered in leaves. A) Lawn. B) Paul. C) Leaves. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lawn. 13. Which of the following is a present participial phrase describing a quasar?A quasar is a supermassive black hole that is ..... energy. A) Forming. B) Emitting. C) Emitting into. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emitting. 14. The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 15. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) Having finished the assignment. B) Before the sunset. C) In the morning. D) The quick brown foxTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having finished the assignment. 16. Which sentence has a past participial phrase? A) Walking to the store, Jeff found a twenty dollar bill. B) Tom, my favorite uncle, is coming to visit me next week. C) Annoyed with the long wait, Tom started to curse under his breath. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyed with the long wait, Tom started to curse under his breath. 17. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.Barry, eating at the counter, looked up to see Susan. A) Looked up. B) Looked up to see Susan. C) Eating at the counter. D) Barry, eating at the counter, looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating at the counter. 18. * Which choice combines these two sentences by using a participle phrase?We did research at the library. We used our findings to make outlines. A) We did research at the library, and we used our findings to make outlines. B) After we did research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines. C) Having done research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines. D) . Doing research at the library was our first step before making outlines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having done research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines. 19. Which sentence correctly uses a past participial phrase? A) The phone, dropped on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. B) The phone, drop on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. C) The phone, dropping on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. D) The phone, drops on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The phone, dropped on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. 20. Select the sentence with the correctly placed participial phrase. A) The man, repairing the roof, fell. B) Repairing the roof, the man fell. C) The man fell, repairing the roof. D) Fell the man, repairing the roof.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repairing the roof, the man fell. 21. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The dog, barking loudly, scared the mailman.' A) Loudly. B) Mailman. C) Dog. D) Scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog. 22. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The students, excited for the holiday, left early.' A) Holiday. B) Excited. C) Left. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Students. 23. Words that are formed from verbs but don't act as verbs are called ..... A) Verbals. B) Gerbils. C) Ferrets. D) Forbles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbals. 24. What is the participle phrase?Have you ever had an X-ray taken by a doctor or dentist? A) Have you ever had an X-ray. B) By a doctor or dentist. C) Taken by a doctor or dentist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taken by a doctor or dentist. 25. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The dog, barking loudly, chased the mailman. A) The dog. B) Chased the mailman. C) Loudly barking. D) Barking loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barking loudly. 26. The cheering football fans enjoyed the Thanksgiving Day game. A) Cheering. B) Game. C) Enjoyed. D) Football. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheering. 27. Choose the sentence that correctly uses commas with appositive phrases. A) My friend, Sam, is a talented artist. B) My friend, Sam is a talented artist. C) My friend Sam is a talented artist. D) My friend Sam, is a talented artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My friend, Sam, is a talented artist. 28. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Maria, walking slowly along the beach, collected colorful shells. A) Walking slowly along the beach. B) Walking slowly. C) Along the beach. D) Collected colorful shells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking slowly along the beach. 29. Three teenagers treated in the emergency room yesterday required stitches. A) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. B) Stitches. C) Three teenagers. D) Required. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. 30. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Having finished the assignment, Jenna was able to go to the party. A) Having finished the assignment. B) Having finished. C) Jenna was able to go to the party. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having finished the assignment. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books