This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Absolute And Participial Phrases – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Absolute And Participial Phrases Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. ..... , 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It provides additional information about the main subject. 16. Appositive? Chatting and laughing, the students reminisced about middle school. A) Chatting and laughing. B) Students. C) Middle school. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NONE. 17. Complete the sentence using an absolute phrase:The match over, ..... to the locker room. A) The players head. B) Players head. C) The players heading. D) Playing the players. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The players head. 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of a participial phrase? A) Running toward the finish line, she felt exhilarated. B) The storm over, we went outside. C) Listening to music with her headphones, Ms. Norberg planned her lesson. D) Panicking from the lockdown announcement, the students and teachers barricaded the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The storm over, we went outside. 19. Complete the sentence with the past participle that correctly forms an absolute phrase: ..... early, we decided to get breakfast. A) Our work was done. B) To do our work. C) Doing our work. D) Our work done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Our work done. 20. Caesare duce A) With Caesar as leader. B) When Caesar was led. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With Caesar as leader. 21. Which of the following best describes an absolute phrase? A) A noun and a verb. B) A noun and a participle. C) Only a verb. D) A complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun and a participle. 22. What is the absolute phrase in the following sentence:The sun hovering with anticipation on the horizon, Dexter waited for his date to arrive. A) The sun hovering with anticipation on the horizon. B) Dexter waited for his date to arrive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun hovering with anticipation on the horizon. 23. Which sentence below uses an absolute phrase correctly? A) Looking lively, Kate danced all night. B) Kate dance all night, toes lit. C) Eyes gleaming, Kate danced all night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eyes gleaming, Kate danced all night. 24. What is the appositive phrase in the following:Clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had. A) Clarence, an angel,. B) George Bailey. C) , must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had. D) What a wonderful life he has had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Bailey. 25. What is the absolute phrase in the following sentence:He looked over to where the huge, filthy birds sat, their naked heads sunk into their hunched feathers. A) He looked over to where the huge, filthy birds sat. B) Their naked heads sunk into their hunched feathers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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