This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Absolute And Participial Phrases – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:In the sentence, 'The boy holding the basketball is on my team, ' the phrase 'holding the basketball' is an absolute phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. What is the independent clause in the sentence below?The girl, a straight A student, still studied hard for the test. A) The girl. B) The girl still studied hard for the test. C) A straight A student. D) The girl, a straight A student. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl still studied hard for the test. 3. In the sentence "Her eyes sparkling, she greeted her guests, " what is the absolute phrase? A) Her eyes sparkling. B) She greeted. C) Her guests. D) Her eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her eyes sparkling. 4. Choose the best way to revise the start of this sentence using an absolute phrase:'Since my chores were all done, I could finally play my video game.' A) My chores all done. B) My chores all done,. C) Because my chores were all done,. D) All my chores were done,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My chores all done,. 5. Absolute phrases can occur at the beginning, middle, or end of sentences. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which sentence revision is the best? Original:'The dog ran through the park, excited by all the new smells.' A) The dog, excited by all the new smells, ran through the park. B) Excited by all the new smells, the dog ran through the park. C) The dog ran through the park and was excited by all the new smells. D) The dog ran through the park, its tail wagging, its nose sniffing every bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog ran through the park, its tail wagging, its nose sniffing every bush. 7. Servo ab patre vocato A) When the slave was called by father. B) When the slave was calling father. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the slave was called by father. 8. Absolute phrases can provide additional detail without altering the main sentence structure. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Write the infinitive phrase and its function. The sport to play in the fall is volleyball. A) To play/modifier. B) To play in the fall/modifier. C) Sport to play/noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To play in the fall/modifier. 10. Complete the sentence:The sun setting, ..... A) We decided to leave the beach. B) The waves were calming. C) It was a beautiful day. D) The sky turned orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sky turned orange. 11. Find the appositive:Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, two American astronauts, first walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. A) Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. B) First walked on the moon. C) Two American astronauts. D) On July 20, 1969. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two American astronauts. 12. Complete the sentence with the correct irregular past participle to form the absolute phrase:All the snacks ..... , we had to go to the store for more. A) Ate. B) Eaten. C) Eated. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eaten. 13. Absolute phrases can only appear at the beginning of a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Complete the sentence with a prepositional phrase: "The car stopped ..... " A) At the red light. B) Very fast. C) She was driving. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the red light. 15. What is the form of phrase?Grunting and snuffling noisily, the bear reached on tiptoe for our suspended food bags. A) Participial. B) Absolute. C) Appositive. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial. 16. How could you best combine these two sentences into one using an absolute phrase? "The sun had set. The air grew chilly." A) The sun had set, and the air grew chilly. B) After the sun set, the air grew chilly. C) The sun having set, the air grew chilly. D) The setting sun made the air grow chilly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun having set, the air grew chilly. 17. True or False:The absolute phrase in the following sentence is used logically. 'The pizza arrived, its wheels spinning quickly.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. ..... , the jury delivered its verdict. A) The evidence contradicting the defendant's alibi. B) The evidence contradicted the defendant's alibi. C) The evidence was contradicting the defendant's alibi. D) The evidence had contradicted the defendant's alibi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The evidence contradicting the defendant's alibi. 19. Complete the sentence by adding an absolute phrase at the end: "The hiker continued up the trail, ..... " A) While his legs were aching. B) His legs aching from the steep climb. C) Aching from the steep climb. D) And his legs ached. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His legs aching from the steep climb. 20. Complete the sentence:The children, ..... , waited for the bus. A) Backpacks on their shoulders. B) Backpack is on their shoulders. C) With backpacks. D) Have backpacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backpacks on their shoulders. 21. True or False:In the sentence 'Her hands shaking, she opened the gift, ' the absolute phrase 'Her hands shaking' only describes the word 'hands'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Which part of this sentence is the absolute phrase:'The storm having passed, we resumed our hike.'? A) The storm having passed. B) We resumed. C) Our hike. D) Resumed our hike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The storm having passed. 23. Epistula lecta A) When the letter was read. B) While reading the letter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the letter was read. 24. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot. A) Trotting up. B) Trotting up to the fence. C) Hopes that you have. D) Have an apple or carrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trotting up to the fence. 25. True or False:If you remove an absolute phrase from a sentence, you will still have a complete, correct sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Complete the sentence:Her project finally ..... , she breathed a sigh of relief. A) Completed. B) Completing. C) Was completed. D) To complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completed. 27. In what position in the sentence is the appositive?Michigan, an amazing team, moved into the Sweet 16. A) Opener. B) Interrupter. C) Closer. D) Run on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrupter. 28. Which part of speech is a participle often associated with in an absolute phrase? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 29. Paedagogo discedente A) When the tutor was about to leave. B) When the tutor is leaving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the tutor is leaving. 30. What distinguishes an absolute phrase from other types of phrases? A) It always functions as the main subject. B) It modifies the verb directly. C) It provides additional information about the main subject. D) It consists of a subject and predicate. 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