This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Evaluate the use of the participial phrase in this sentence for its effectiveness in creating imagery: "The trees, bending in the wind, seemed to dance joyfully." A) The trees. B) Seemed to dance joyfully. C) In the windTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. D) Bending in the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bending in the wind. 2. Select the sentence that correctly uses commas with an appositive phrase. A) My friend Lisa has a dog, that can dance. B) My friend Lisa, has a dog that can dance. C) My friend, Lisa, has a dog that can dance. D) My friend, Lisa has a dog, that can dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friend, Lisa, has a dog that can dance. 3. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.Andrea, waking from a dream, cried fearfully. A) Waking from a dream, cried fearfully. B) Andrea cried fearfully. C) Andrea, waking from a dream. D) Waking from a dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waking from a dream. 4. Punctuate the following participial phrase correctly:Excited about the game the fans cheered loudly. A) Excited about the game the fans cheered loudly. B) Excited about the game the fans cheered loudly,. C) Excited about the game, the fans cheered loudly. D) Excited about the game, the fans, cheered loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excited about the game, the fans cheered loudly. 5. In the sentence, 'The smiling cashier handed me my change, ' which word is the participle acting as an adjective? A) Smiling. B) Cashier. C) Handed. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smiling. 6. Some plants growing at an angle can straighten themselves up. A) Can straighten. B) Themselves up. C) Some plants. D) Growing at an angle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growing at an angle. 7. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Garrett grabbed his coat hanging on the hook. A) Hook. B) Garrett. C) Coat. D) Hanging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coat. 8. What are the participles in this sentence?Moaning and groaning, the guests proclaimed the Thanksgiving feast a huge success. A) Thanksgiving. B) Feast, success. C) Proclaimed. D) Moaning, groaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moaning, groaning. 9. Which sentence contains a complete participial phrase? A) The boy is kicking the soccer ball. B) Kicking the soccer ball, the boy scored a goal. C) The soccer ball was kicked. D) He kicks the soccer ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kicking the soccer ball, the boy scored a goal. 10. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Shaken by the loud thunder, the dog hid under the bed. A) Under the bed. B) Hid under the bed. C) Shaken by the loud thunder. D) By the loud thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaken by the loud thunder. 11. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:'Lost in thought, she didn't notice the time.' A) In thought. B) Lost in thought. C) Lost. D) Didn't notice the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost in thought. 12. True or False? A participial phrase can act as a noun in a sentence. A) False, a participial phrase is always a verb. B) True, a participial phrase can act as an adverb. C) True, a participial phrase can act as a noun. D) False, a participial phrase acts as an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False, a participial phrase acts as an adjective. 13. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:They imagined him dressed in shining armor. A) They. B) Imagined him. C) Dressed in shining armor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dressed in shining armor. 14. How is the red word functioning in the following sentence?The science test looked super easy, having only 10 multiple choice questions. A) Adjective. B) Direct object. C) Verb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 15. After the recently election, there were many that rejoiced at the new president in the White House, excited at the prospect of new leadership. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 16. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Kelli and Camden had to pick up the puzzle pieces scattered on the floor. A) Kelli. B) Puzzle. C) Camden. D) Pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pieces. 17. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.While snorkeling in Hawaii, Esther Hutcheson spotted a turtle floating through the coral reefs. A) In Hawaii,. B) While snorkeling in Hawaii,. C) Floating through the coral reefs. D) Esther Hutcheson spotted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floating through the coral reefs. 18. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Mrs. Archer, worried about sunburn, always wears a hat and stays in the shade. A) Always wears a hat. B) Stays in the shade. C) Mrs. Archer,. D) Worried about sunburn,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worried about sunburn,. 19. Identify the participial phrase. Children introduced to music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Introduced to music early. B) Develop strong intellectual skills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introduced to music early. 20. "I was waving triumphantly." Is waving a participle or a verb? A) Participle. B) Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 21. Identify the participial phrase and the noun it modifies: "The book, lying on the table, was open to the last chapter." A) Lying on the table; book. B) On the table; chapter. C) Was open; book. D) To the last chapter; book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lying on the table; book. 22. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm, the children jumped up and down. A) Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm. B) The upcoming snowstorm. C) Jumped up and down. D) Excited by the news. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm. 23. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Did they see the train coming around the bend? A) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'did'. B) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'bend'. C) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'train'. D) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'see'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'train'. 24. Form a participial phrase using the verb 'sing'. A) Singed. B) Sings. C) Singable. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singing. 25. Choose the participle in the following sentence:Knowing his aptitude, he should have scored more runs. A) Knowing. B) Scored. C) Runs. D) His aptitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowing. 26. Present participles ..... A) End in-ing. B) End in-ed. C) End in-ing or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End in-ing. 27. Who/what is modified by the participial phrase:'Surrounded by beautiful flowers, the house looked picturesque.' A) Surrounded. B) Picturesque. C) The house. D) Beautiful flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The house. 28. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I was always looking for broken sticks." A) Looking. B) Sticks. C) Broken. D) Always. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 29. Burning on the table the candle flame was bright. A) No Change. B) Burning on the table, the candle flame was bright. C) Burning, on the table, the candle flame was bright. D) Burning on the table the candle flame, was bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning on the table, the candle flame was bright. 30. Find the Participial phrase in the following sentence:The aroma of freshly brewed coffee, filling the air, woke me up instantly. A) Filling the air. B) Woke me. C) Up instantly. D) The aroma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filling the air. 31. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Hated by the Federalists, John Quincey Adams returned to private life. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 32. Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases8. artificial illumination, cities A) A. visual pollution. B) B. radioactive pollution. C) C. light pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. light pollution. 33. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The rain stopped. The birds began to sing. A) The rain stopped, the birds stopped to sing. B) The rain stopped, the birds began to sing. C) The rain stopped, the birds stopped singing. D) The rain stopped, the birds stopped singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain stopped, the birds began to sing. 34. Frozen by the winter storm, the flower never bloomed and eventually died. A) Frozen by the winter storm. B) The flower never bloomed. C) Eventually died. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen by the winter storm. 35. In the sentence 'The singing birds woke me up early in the morning', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Birds. B) Me. C) Morning. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birds. 36. Use commas correctly in the following sentence: "My brother who lives in New York is visiting us." A) My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting us. B) My brother who lives in New York, is visiting us. C) My brother, who lives in New York is visiting us. D) My brother who lives in New York is visiting us.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting us. 37. Identify the participial phrases.Washington, having crossed the Delaware, attacked the Hessians stationed at Trenton. A) Washington. B) Having crossed the Delaware. C) Attacked the Hessians. D) Stationed at Trenton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having crossed the Delaware. 38. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Homeless families often stayed at a shelter operated by a local church. A) Operated by a local church; modifies 'families'. B) Shelter operated by a local church; modifies 'families'. C) Stayed at a shelter; modifies 'operated'. D) Operated by a local church; modifies 'shelter'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operated by a local church; modifies 'shelter'. 39. Give an example of a participial phrase. A) Running. B) Quickly. C) Running quickly. D) Run quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running quickly. 40. Find the participial phrase in the sentence and the word it describes: "Fascinated by the museum exhibits, the children forgot about the time." A) Fascinated by the museum exhibits; children. B) The museum exhibits; children. C) By the museum exhibits; time. D) Forgot about the time; children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascinated by the museum exhibits; children. 41. What is the function of "sleeping" in this sentence?A loud clap of thunder woke the sleeping children from their nap. A) Sleeping the a present participle being used as a noun. B) Sleeping is a present participle being used as an adjective. C) Sleeping is a past participle being used as an adjective. D) Sleeping is the main verb in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleeping is a present participle being used as an adjective. 42. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Troubled by a nightmare, Tim woke up with a shock. A) A nightmare. B) With a shock. C) Tim. D) Woke up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tim. 43. What is the participle in the following sentence? The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks. A) Waterfall. B) Poured. C) Cascading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cascading. 44. The Porsche tore through the urban landscape, its wheels squealing around the sharp corners. A) Participial Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute Phrase. 45. Graham, interrupting the conversation, felt he needed to communicate his thoughts before they left his mind. 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. 46. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The girl, excited about the trip, packed her bags.' A) About the trip. B) Packed her bags. C) The girl. D) Excited about the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excited about the trip. 47. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase with modifiers? A) He risked punishment. B) Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar. C) The toddler reached for the cookie jar. D) Wanting a cookie, he risked punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar. 48. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Beginning with the kitchen, they painted every room in the apartment. A) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'apartment'. B) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'painted'. C) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'rooms'. D) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'they'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'they'. 49. "Feeling hungry I cooked myself some pizza." A) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself, some pizza.:. B) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some pizza.". C) No Change. D) "Feeling hungry I cooked, myself some pizza.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some pizza.". 50. Which part of the sentence is the past participial phrase? EX:Marcus, tired from a long day at work, sat on the sofa and watched his favorite show. A) Sat on the sofa. B) Watched his favorite show. C) Tired from a long day at work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tired from a long day at work. 51. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Around her waist was a wide pink ribbon, tied in back with a bow. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 52. Having finished our work, the outdoors seemed refreshing. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 53. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence: "Covered in snow, the car looked like a white mound." A) Like a white mound. B) The car looked. C) Covered in snow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covered in snow. 54. In "The painted picture was beautiful, " what kind of participle is "painted" ? A) Past participle. B) Progressive participle. C) Present participle. D) Future participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past participle. 55. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Running quickly, the policeman caught the burglar. A) Running quickly. B) The burglar. C) Caught. D) The policeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running quickly. 56. Identify participial phrases:Relaxing on his back patio, Jeff fell asleep. A) Relaxing on his back patio. B) Relaxing on his back. C) Jeff feel asleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relaxing on his back patio. 57. A past participial phrase usually begins with A) A, an, or the. B) An-ing word. C) An-ed word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An-ed word. 58. Identify the present participial phrase:Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river. A) Rushed to the river. B) Removing his coat. C) Jack. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing his coat. 59. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Broken into small pieces, the vase was lying on the floor.' A) Lying on the floor. B) On the floor. C) Broken into small pieces. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken into small pieces. 60. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The boy who is holding a basketball is my brother. A) The boy, not holding a basketball, is my brother. B) My brother, who is not holding a basketball, is the boy. C) The boy holding a basketball is not my brother. D) My brother, holding a basketball, is the boy. 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