This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 27 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:Looking down from the tree, the monkey could see many people. A) Looking down from the tree. B) Could see many people. C) The monkey could see many people. D) Many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking down from the tree. 2. The following sentence contains no participial phrases. The police wanted to recover the valuable artwork. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Phil, worn out by his long trip, slept for twelve hours. A) For twelve hours. B) By his long trip. C) Worn out by his long trip. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worn out by his long trip. 4. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:The house nestled in the valley was built by immigrants from Sweden. A) Immigrants from Sweden. B) Nestled in the valley. C) The house. D) Was built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nestled in the valley. 5. Is the participle past or present? Her purring cat jumped on the fence. A) Present. B) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 6. Choose the two objects in participial phrases in two-part objects of verbs below!The police caught the young boy stealing a car. A) The police and the young boy. B) The young boy and a car. C) The police and a car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The young boy and a car. 7. Cooking dinner for my friends, I experimented with new flavors and ingredients. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrases. 8. Find the participle and/or participial phrase. Climbing slowly, we approached the top of the hill. A) Of the hill. B) Climbing slowly. C) Approached the top. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbing slowly. 9. The child sat at the desk. He was painting his first picture. A) Painting his first picture, the child sat at the desk. B) Painting his first picture, the child was sitting at the desk. C) Sitting at the desk. The child painted his first picture. D) Sitting at the desk, the child was painting his first picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sitting at the desk, the child was painting his first picture. 10. A participle is a verbal that functions as ..... A) A noun. B) A verb. C) An adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 11. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Running quickly, the policeman caught the burglar. A) Running quickly. B) The policeman. C) Caught. D) The burglar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running quickly. 12. Where's the participial phrase?Returning home from school, Sue found the house empty. A) Found the house. B) Found the house empty. C) Returning home from school. D) From school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returning home from school. 13. There are three kinds of participles:past, present, and future participles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Identify the participial phrase in this sentence:Children interested in music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Interested in music early. B) Develop strong intellectual skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested in music early. 15. In the following sentence, which word does the participle modify? The paper airplane, swirling above our heads, finally crashed into the rear wall. A) Airplane. B) Heads. C) Wall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Airplane. 16. What does a participial phrase always function as? A) A noun. B) A verb. C) An adverb. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An adjective. 17. Select the absolute phrase in the sentence. I flipped through the pages, my eyes filling with tears, of the old photo album. A) Flipped through the pages. B) I flipped through the pages. C) My eyes filling with tears. D) Of the old photo album. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My eyes filling with tears. 18. Driven from their homelands, many people each year seek refuge in the United States. A) In the United States. B) Each year. C) Driven from their homelands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driven from their homelands. 19. The old man is sitting under the tree. He is chatting with his old friends. A) Sitting under the tree. The old man is chatting with his old friends. B) Sitting under the tree, the old man chat with his old friends. C) Having sat under the tree, the old man was chatting with his old friends. D) Sitting under the tree, the old man is chatting with his old friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sitting under the tree, the old man is chatting with his old friends. 20. Identify the participial phrase. Burgoyne, having been surrounded at Saratoga, surrendered to General Gates. A) Burgoyne. B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. C) Surrendered to General Gates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. 21. Cooking dinner for my friends is always a fun challenge. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 22. A few days after the interview, Daniel received a letter ..... him a job. A) Offering. B) Offered. C) Offers. D) Was offering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offering. 23. Identify the participial phrase. The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes. A) Flitting quickly from flower to flower. B) Held my attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flitting quickly from flower to flower. 24. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? Wearing a lei around her neck, the hula dancer moved to the rhythms of the ukulele. A) The hula dancer. B) Wearing a lei around her neck. C) Moved to the music. D) Moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearing a lei around her neck. 25. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct? Jimmy, watching a scary movie jumped out of his seat. A) After watching. B) Before movie. C) Before jumped. D) After his. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before jumped. 26. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Dressed in his flight suit, the astronaut climbed into the spaceship. A) Dressed in his flight suit,. B) The astronaut. C) Climbed into. D) The spaceship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dressed in his flight suit,. 27. 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. A) Ship. B) Gold. C) Storm. D) Ship, gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ship, gold. 28. Find the PARTICIPLE. The student completed growing piles of homework. A) Student. B) Completed. C) Growing. D) Piles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growing. 29. Where's the participle?The barking dogs kept us awake all night. A) All. B) Kept. C) Dogs. D) Barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barking. 30. Choose the correct participle form Children ..... in music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Interested. B) Interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books