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Participial Phrases Quiz 8 (60 MCQs)

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1. Find the participle phrase:Strutting across the stage, Brad was the picture of confidence.
2. Leaving her ironing, Mary answered the telephone.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
3. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Having finished the assignment, he could finally relax.
4. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.The tall man wearing the gray suit is a judge.
5. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence: "The flowers, wilting in the heat, needed water."
6. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses that she bought last weekend.
7. True or False? A participial phrase can be at the beginning of a sentence.
8. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Excited about the trip, Sarah packed her bags.'
9. What is the participial phrase?Yesterday after school, Paul raked the lawn covered in leaves.
10. Rue, the Australian shepherd, thinks she is a cat. What interrupter are you seeing?
11. Explain why dangling participial phrases can cause confusion in writing.
12. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase?a) The cat meowed loudly.b) She walked to the park.c) Smiling happily, he waved goodbye.d) The car drove quickly.
13. Find the participial phrase and its target: "The dog, wagging its tail, greeted its owner happily."
14. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.Cruising down the street, Harry Potter excitedly showed off his new car.
15. What is the participle phrase?Floating just off shore, the plastic bottles bobbed up and down.
16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Tapping her way up Pearl Street, Margie was the hit of the parade.
17. Which is the participial phrase?Approaching quietly, the deer startled the hunter.
18. True or False:In the sentence, "The girl, listening to her music, didn't hear the doorbell, " the participial phrase is "to her music."
19. The audience applauded the couple skating in the competition. What is the participle?
20. In the following sentence, which word(s) does the participle(s) modify?The pirate ship loaded with stolen gold swayed back and forth in the storm.
21. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip."
22. Identify the run-on sentence in the options below:
23. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) In the garden B) Watered the plants C) The flowers D) Singing happily
24. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The children, playing in the park, seemed very happy.'
25. Thomas Jefferson, a new member of the House of Burgesses in 1769, co-sponsored a bill to abolish slavery in the colony of Virginia.
26. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Sam, baffled by what had happened, grew silent.
27. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The movie, filmed in Paris, was a huge success.'
28. The first city attacked by the troops was in the middle of the desert.
29. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.After class, Sirius Black showed me the doodles drawn in his notebook.
30. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase and what does it describe? "Lost in thought, she almost missed her stop."
31. Which part of the sentence is the participial phrase? Hanging dangerously over the road, the telephone wires had been snapped in the wind.
32. In which sentence is a pronoun and participial phrase CAPITALIZED?
33. Which of these words is a present participle that could describe a boring movie?
34. What is the participial phrase?Struggling to tie her shoes, Rylie asked Max for help.
35. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing after the winter storm.
36. Answering the telephone, the book lay unopened.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
37. Choose the sentence that contains a participial phrase.a) The sun sets in the west.b) The baby cried all night.c) The car, parked in the driveway, needs a wash.d) He ran to catch the bus.
38. Which sentence is constructed correctly?
39. Which option contains a participle?
40. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The car, parked in the driveway, needed a wash. A) The car B) Parked in the driveway C) Needed a wash D) In the driveway
41. In the sentence "Trembling with excitement, she opened the gift, " identify the participial phrase and evaluate its impact on building anticipation.
42. What does a participial phrase modify?
43. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a participial phrase to modify the noun.
44. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The cake, baked fresh this morning, was delicious'?
45. As we were walking in the woods, we food a house ..... by huge tree roots.
46. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The charging bull thundered across the field.
47. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase?Books placed onto the cart will be put back when the library closes at 5:00 p.m.
48. Having reached home, I dressed for dinner
49. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct and clear. 'Sprinting for the finish line, the crowd's roar was deafening.'
50. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The teacher, frustrated by the noise, asked the students to be quiet.'
51. A present participial phrase
52. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The fire crackled. The marshmallows turned golden brown.
53. Does this sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Feeling so much better after the nap, Gunster dressed and went out.
54. The runner gasping for breath crossed the finish line.
55. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Tired from the long journey, they decided to rest.'
56. Identify the noun modified by the participial phrase:'Running down the street, the dog chased the ball.'
57. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence?"Turning a corner suddenly, they came upon two vans, a tent, and a company of gypsies encamped by the side of the road" (E. Nesbit, Five Children and It, 70).
58. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct because the participial phrase is placed correctly. 'Running for the bus, the backpack was accidentally dropped by Sarah.'
59. Identify the participle in the following sentence:Excited about the upcoming trip, she packed her bags early.
60. What can sometimes give a participial phrase away?
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