This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 34 (21 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They belong to a tribe ..... in the hills. A) A. living. B) B. lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. living. 2. Cowboys ..... into the sunset were in the final scenes of many movies. A) A. riding. B) B. ridden. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. riding. 3. The ..... window is being fixed. A) A. broken. B) B. breaking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. broken. 4. We are collecting money for children ..... heart defects. A) A. having. B) B. had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. having. 5. In the sentence 'The broken vase lay on the floor', identify the noun modified by the participial phrase. A) Lamp. B) Plate. C) Chair. D) Vase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vase. 6. Which noun is modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Excited about the trip, Sarah packed her bags.'? A) Packed. B) Sarah. C) Trip. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarah. 7. Where should participial phrases be placed in a sentence? A) Near the words they describe. B) At the end of the sentence. C) At the beginning of the sentence. D) After the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the words they describe. 8. In the sentence "The excited students rushed to see the surprising test results, " which words are participles? A) Excited, surprising. B) Students, results. C) Rushed, see. D) The, to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited, surprising. 9. Which sentence contains both a present and a past participle? A) The laughing child ran toward the broken swing. B) The child is running fast. C) The swing was broken yesterday. D) The child laughed loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The laughing child ran toward the broken swing. 10. Change the sentences using participial phrases: "When he was arrested by the police, he was crying." A) Arrested by the police, he was crying. B) Being arrested by the police, he was crying. C) Having arrested by the police, he was crying. D) Arresting by the police, he was crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrested by the police, he was crying. 11. Identify the participle(s) in the following sentence.The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water. A) Drowning. B) Struggled. C) Drowning, struggled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drowning. 12. Which noun is modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Amazed by the performance, the audience gave a standing ovation'? A) Performance. B) Audience. C) Standing. D) Ovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. 13. Combine the following sentences with participial phrases.The students are planting trees along the streets. They are volunteers. A) The students are planting trees along the streets being volunteers. B) The students are planting trees along the streets are volunteers. C) The students planted trees along the streets are volunteers. D) The students planting trees along the streets are volunteers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The students planting trees along the streets are volunteers. 14. Change the following sentences using the participial phrases:Because she was afraid, she didn't go out from her room. A) Afraid, she didn't go out from her room. B) Having afraid, she didn't go out from her room. C) Being afraid, she didn't go out from her room. D) Afraided, she didn't go out from her room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being afraid, she didn't go out from her room. 15. What does a participial phrase include? A) A participle plus its modifiers and objects. B) A verb and its subject. C) A noun and its adjective. D) A preposition and its object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A participle plus its modifiers and objects. 16. Identify the participle(s) in the following sentence.Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair. A) Getting. B) Brushed. C) Combed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting. 17. What is a misplaced participle? A) A participle that is too far from what it modifies. B) A participle that is used at the beginning of a sentence. C) A participle that modifies a pronoun. D) A participle that is always in the past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A participle that is too far from what it modifies. 18. The captain ..... by her teammates is preparing a speech. A) A. electing. B) B. elected. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. elected. 19. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller'? A) Written. B) Famous. C) Author. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Book. 20. True or False:A participle is a verb form that can be used as an adjective to describe a noun or pronoun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Identify the the participial phrase in the following sentence.Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk. A) Placing her money. B) Placing her money on the counter. C) Smiled at the clerk. D) Placing her money. 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