This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the participle(s) in the following sentence.Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thin layer of sparkling dew. A) Marveled. B) Covered. C) Sparkling. D) Covered, sparkling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covered, sparkling. 2. The king wore a crown ..... of gold. A) A. making. B) B. made. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. made. 3. In the sentence 'The howling wind kept us awake all night', what noun is modified by the participial phrase? A) Wind. B) Sunshine. C) Rain. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 4. True or False:A participial phrase should be placed as far as possible from the noun it describes to make the sentence more interesting. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Identify the the participial phrase in the following sentence.Max ran toward the cake falling off the table. A) Ran toward the cake. B) Falling off the table. C) Falling off. D) Falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling off the table. 6. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Amazed by the beautiful artwork, the visitors spent hours in the gallery.' A) Beautiful artwork. B) Visitors spent hours. C) Spent hours in the gallery. D) Amazed by the beautiful artwork. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazed by the beautiful artwork. 7. Which of the following is the correct way to use a participial phrase? A) Running late, I discovered the bus had already left. B) Running late, the bus had already left. C) The bus, running late, had already left. D) Running, the bus had already left late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running late, I discovered the bus had already left. 8. Which sentence is an example of awkward participial phrase placement? A) Covered in mud, the dog ran into the house. B) The dog, covered in mud, ran into the house. C) The dog ran into the house covered in mud. D) The dog ran covered in mud into the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog ran covered in mud into the house. 9. What is the minimum number of participial phrases you should use when writing a paragraph about your morning routine, according to the instructions? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 10. What are participles? A) Verb forms that function as adjectives. B) Nouns that describe actions. C) Adverbs that modify verbs. D) Pronouns that replace nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb forms that function as adjectives. 11. Which part of the following sentence is the complete participial phrase? "The soccer player, celebrating his game-winning goal, slid on his knees across the field." A) The soccer player. B) Slid on his knees. C) Celebrating his game-winning goal. D) Across the field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celebrating his game-winning goal. 12. Identify the the participial phrase in the following sentence.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) Crossed the finish line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gasping for breath. 13. In the sentence 'The crying baby needed attention', what noun is modified by the participial phrase? A) Baby. B) Crying. C) Needed. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baby. 14. Select the word that is a past participle. A) Break. B) Breaking. C) Broken. D) Breaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 15. Identify the the participial phrase in the following sentence.Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm. A) Quickly licked the ice cream. B) Licked the ice cream. C) Dripping down his arm. D) Licked the ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dripping down his arm. 16. Combine the following sentences with participial phrases.The window has been repaired. It was broken last night. A) The window was broken last night has been repaired. B) The window broken last night has been repaired. C) The window has been repaired broken last night. D) The window repaired broken last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The window broken last night has been repaired. 17. How do past participles usually end? A) -ed, -en, or-t. B) -ing. C) -ly. D) -ous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ed, -en, or-t. 18. Combine the following sentences with participial phrases.People don't want to use the goods. They are produced in China. A) People don't want to use the goods are produced in China. B) People don't want to use the goods produced in China. C) People don't want to use the goods producing in China. D) People produced in China don't want to use the goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People don't want to use the goods produced in China. 19. Combine the following sentences with participial phrases.A bridge has been declared unsafe. It was built only two years ago. A) A bridge built only two years ago has been declared unsafe. B) A bridge building only two years ago. has been declared unsafe. C) A bridge was built only two years ago has been declared unsafe. D) A bridge has been declared unsafe built only two years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bridge built only two years ago has been declared unsafe. 20. Identify the the participial phrase in the following sentence.Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots. A) Preparing for the weather. B) Grabbed her raincoat. C) Preparing for. D) Grabbed her raincoat and rain boots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preparing for the weather. 21. When writing your paragraph, which types of participles should you include? A) Only present participles. B) Only past participles. C) Both present and past participles. D) Only future participles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both present and past participles. 22. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Drenched in sweat, the runner crossed the finish line.' A) Sweat, the runner. B) Runner crossed. C) Crossed the finish line. D) Drenched in sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drenched in sweat. 23. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Lost in thought, he walked aimlessly.' A) Walking aimlessly. B) Thoughts were lost. C) He lost his way. D) Lost in thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lost in thought. 24. Identify the participle(s) in the following sentence.Holding open the elevator doors, the kind man smiled at the tired mother. A) Holding. B) Smiled. C) Tired. D) Holding, tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holding, tired. 25. Which noun is modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Excited for the upcoming concert, the fans bought tickets in advance'? A) Concert. B) Fans. C) Upcoming. D) Tickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fans. 26. Find the participial phrase:Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class. (a) A) In class. B) The student struggled. C) A. yawning widely. D) To stay awake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. yawning widely. 27. Choose the best way to combine these two sentences using a participial phrase: "The cat was startled by the loud thunder. It jumped off the windowsill." A) The cat, it jumped off the windowsill, was startled by the loud thunder. B) Startled by the loud thunder, the cat jumped off the windowsill. C) The cat jumped off the windowsill, and it was startled by the loud thunder. D) Jumped off the windowsill, the cat was startled by the loud thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Startled by the loud thunder, the cat jumped off the windowsill. 28. Point out the participial phrase in the sentence:'Tired from the long journey, they decided to rest.' A) Tired from the long journey. B) Running from the long journey. C) Sleeping through the long journey. D) Exhausted after the long journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tired from the long journey. 29. The plates, ..... from Denmark by my father, are on display in this room. A) A. bringing. B) B. brought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. brought. 30. Which of the following is an example of a participial phrase? A) Walking slowly down the hall, Maria noticed the new artwork. B) Maria is walking. C) The hall was long. D) She noticed the artwork. 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