This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) The water drained slowly. B) Slowly in the pipe clogged. C) Clogged with dog hair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clogged with dog hair. 2. Identify the participial phrase. They boarded the ship lying in the harbor. A) They boarded. B) The ship lying. C) Lying in the harbor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying in the harbor. 3. Choose the participle below that would complete the meaning of the sentence. The powerful engine made a noise like a lion ..... A) Roar. B) Roared. C) Roaring. D) To roar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roaring. 4. Which phrase in the sentence serves as a participial phrase? Changing all of his plans, Ricky realized how much COVID had impacted his social life. A) "Changing all of his plans". B) "realized how much". C) "COVID had impacted". D) "his social life" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Changing all of his plans". 5. The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on. The participle in this sentence is ..... A) Finally. B) Crying. C) Favorite. D) Important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crying. 6. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey. A) Night. B) Sky. C) Bats. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bats. 7. Working hard all day, the boys finished the job by dinner time. A) By dinner time. B) All day. C) Working hard all day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working hard all day. 8. What is the participial phrase?The dog, sniffing in the backyard, could not find his bone. A) Sniffing in the backyard. B) The dog. C) Could not find his bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sniffing in the backyard. 9. Where is the best place to add this participial phrase "talking to my family" in the sentence "I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire" ? A) I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire taking to my family. B) Talking to my family, I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire. C) I can't live in fear, talking to my family, of something as basic as fire. D) I can't live in fear of something, talking to my family, as basic as fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talking to my family, I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire. 10. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept for twelve hours. A) Exhausted by her effort. B) Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept. C) Myra slept for twelve hours. D) Slept for twelve hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhausted by her effort. 11. What is the participial phrase?Recognizing an old friend, Mark made sure to stop and say hi. A) Recognizing an old friend. B) Mark mad sure to stop. C) Stop and say hi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recognizing an old friend. 12. Identify the participial phrase. The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time. A) Roasting marshmallows. B) Roasting marshmallows around the fire. C) Told ghost stories to pass the time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roasting marshmallows around the fire. 13. The problem of most developing countries is the rapidly ..... population which is not supported by a strong economy. A) Is growing. B) Grew. C) Grown. D) Growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growing. 14. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct? Jody seeing her sister in need of new clothes, passed down some of her old clothes. A) Before seeing. B) After sister. C) After some. D) Before clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before seeing. 15. A gerund functions as ..... A) A noun. B) An adjective. C) A verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A noun. 16. The baby's teeth look very shiny since they were just brushed by his mother. A) Looking very shiny. The baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. B) They looked very shiny. The teeth were just brushed by his mother. C) Looking very shiny, they were just brushed by his mother. D) Looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. 17. Change to the progressive passive participle! (present action)The music which is being played now is by Bach. A) The music being played now is by Bach. B) The music is being played now is by Bach. C) The music being playing now is by Bach. D) The music is now being played is by Bach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The music being played now is by Bach. 18. Which word in the following sentence is the participle:Some ducks sat on a floating log in the river. A) Sat. B) Some. C) Log. D) Floating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Floating. 19. Identify the participle or participle phrase in the following sentence:Laughing at her own joke, Mrs. Newell ended her class. A) Ended her class. B) Joke. C) Laughing at her own joke. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing at her own joke. 20. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence. 5. The soccer players, having grown faint from thirst, gratefully accepted the cold oranges. A) Gratefully accepted the cold oranges. B) Accepted the cold oranges. C) Soccer. D) Having grown faint from thirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having grown faint from thirst. 21. Select the correctly punctuated participial phrase from the drop-down menu to add it to the sentence. Cortney ..... found dozens of interesting seashells. A) Wading in the shallow water,. B) Wading in the shallow water. C) , wading in the shallow water,. D) , wading in the shallow water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) , wading in the shallow water,. 22. He felt very lonely listening to the sounds of nature. A) Listening to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. B) Having listened to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. 23. The baby's teeth did not look very shiny. They were a bit yellowish. A) Not look very shiny. The baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. B) Not looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. C) Looking a bit yellowish, the baby's teeth were a bit shiny. D) Not look very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. 24. What is the most common mistake with introductory participial phrases? A) Misplacing them. B) Dangling them. C) Using the wrong tense. D) Not using enough modifiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplacing them. 25. Identify the participial phrase. The exhausted runner gasping for breath crossed the finish line in record time. A) Exhausted runner. B) Gasping for breath. C) Crossed the finish line in record time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gasping for breath. 26. What should be done if too much distance separates an introductory participial phrase and its target? A) Leave it as it is. B) Remove the phrase. C) Move the phrase closer to the target. D) Change the target. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Move the phrase closer to the target. 27. What is the participial phrase?The students left the school, celebrating the start of summer A) The students left the school. B) Celebrating the start of summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celebrating the start of summer. 28. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Lunch table. B) Sitting. C) Sitting at the lunch table. D) Ate her tuna sandwich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting at the lunch table. 29. What happens if a participial phrase concludes a main clause and modifies a word farther up in the sentence? A) No punctuation is needed. B) A comma is needed. C) A semicolon is needed. D) A colon is needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comma is needed. 30. The young men ..... by the institute are all university graduates. A) Employing. B) Employ. C) Employed. D) To employ. 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