This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Confused by the identical twins, Mr. Fatar threw up his hands in wonder. A) Baffled by the loud noise; it modifies 'Mr. Fatar'. B) Surprised by the sudden change; it modifies 'the twins'. C) Confused by the identical twins; it modifies 'Mr. Fatar'. D) Amused by their antics; it modifies 'the hands'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confused by the identical twins; it modifies 'Mr. Fatar'. 2. It is hard to believe that my favorite time of year, Christmas, is nearly here! What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive. 3. What is the participial phrase in this sentence?The happy coach waved at the fans cheering in the upper deck. A) The happy coach. B) Waved at the fans. C) Cheering in the upper deck. D) Coach waved at the fans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheering in the upper deck. 4. Which sentence is not the appropriate change from the adverb clause to a participial phrase.Before I left home, I promised my parents that I would return. A) Before leaving home, I promised my parents that I would return. B) Before left home, I promised my parents that I would return. C) I promised my parents that I would return before leaving home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before left home, I promised my parents that I would return. 5. Discuss the effectiveness of the participial phrase in the sentence "Covered in mud, the dog happily ran through the house" in expressing the dog's actions and the possible consequences. A) Covered in mud. B) The dog happily ran. C) Through the house. D) The dogTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covered in mud. 6. Mother found an old trunk looking for something in the attic. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 7. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The hikers, surprised by the sudden rain, quickly put on their jackets. A) Surprised by the sudden rain. B) By the sudden rain. C) Quickly put on. D) Put on their jackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprised by the sudden rain. 8. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma with a participial phrase? A) Tired from the long day at work he went straight to bed. B) Tired from the long day at work he, went straight to bed. C) Tired from the long day at work, he went straight to bed. D) Tired from the long day at work he went, straight to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tired from the long day at work, he went straight to bed. 9. ..... , the table looks strong. A) Covered with leaves. B) Told by a funny man. C) Made of wood. D) Grown in a sunny garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made of wood. 10. In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase capitalized? A) It is amazing that BIRDS ARE ABLE TO FLY. B) The colorful BIRDS BUILDING A NEST are orioles. C) Birds at our feeder flew away when THEY SAW A HAWK. D) The DUCK WAS WADDLING ACROSS the grassy field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The colorful BIRDS BUILDING A NEST are orioles. 11. A past participle will have the following ending A) -ing. B) -ed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ed. 12. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Running quickly through the forest, the deer and its young soon disappeared from sight. A) Soon disappeared. B) Running quickly through the forest. C) From sight. D) Disappeared from sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly through the forest. 13. In the following sentence, which word does the participial phrase modify?The dogs greeted their owner at the door, barking loudly. A) Owner. B) Loudly. C) Dogs. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dogs. 14. What is a common way to correct a run-on sentence? A) Add a comma. B) Replace it with a fragment. C) Use a semicolon or period to separate the clauses. D) Remove the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use a semicolon or period to separate the clauses. 15. Identify the misplaced participial phrase in the following sentence: "Running quickly, the bus was missed by the student." A) Running quickly. B) The bus was missed. C) By the student. D) The studentTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running quickly. 16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.I believe I saw the maid climbing the stairs toward the forbidden room. A) Climbing the forbidden room; it modifies 'stairs'. B) The maid climbing the stairs; it modifies 'room'. C) Climbing the stairs toward the forbidden room; it modifies 'maid'. D) Climbing the stairs; it modifies 'I'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbing the stairs toward the forbidden room; it modifies 'maid'. 17. My Mom and Dad always ate my discarded Halloween candy A) Mom, Dad. B) Ate. C) Discarded. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discarded. 18. Which of the following is a present participial phrase? A) Reached for the cookie jar. B) Balancing on his tiptoes. C) Was reaching for the cookie jar. D) Had reached for the cookie jar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balancing on his tiptoes. 19. 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. 20. Determine the word modified by the participial phrase "filled with joy" in the sentence: "The child, filled with joy, opened the gift." A) Child. B) Joy. C) Gift. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child. 21. Floating on the surface of the pond, we say some beautiful water lilies.Arriving at the bank, ound that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 22. Which part of the sentence is the participial phrase? Frightened by the thunder, the puppy hid under the bed. A) The puppy hid. B) Frightened by the thunder. C) Hid under the bed. D) By the thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened by the thunder. 23. In the sentence 'The crying baby needs to be comforted', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Comforted. B) Crying. C) Baby. D) Needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baby. 24. Which is the participial phrase?The road, winding in and out, was not easy to follow. A) The road, winding in and out. B) In and out. C) Was not easy to follow. D) Winding in and out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winding in and out. 25. Participles act as ..... and end in ..... A) Adjectives;-ing, -d, -t, or-n. B) Verbs;-los, -ly, -out. C) Pronouns;-an, -our, -ginning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectives;-ing, -d, -t, or-n. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9Participial Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books