This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the participial phrase in "Covered in mud, the car needed washing" ? A) The car needed. B) Needed washing. C) Covered in mud. D) The car needed washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covered in mud. 2. Fill in the blank with the present participle:I met a boy ..... a box of chocolates. A) Carried. B) Carrying. C) Was carrying. D) Had carrying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carrying. 3. I'd inch closer and closer, feeling the heat against my face. A) No Change. B) I'd inch closer and closer feeling the heat against my face. C) I'd inch, closer and closer, feeling the heat against my face. D) I'd inch closer and closer feeling the heat, against my face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 4. Write a sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective to describe a house. A) The house, surrounded by blooming flowers, looked picturesque. B) The house, filled with noisy animals, looked serene. C) The house, built with bricks, looked like a mansion. D) The house, located near a busy street, looked peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The house, surrounded by blooming flowers, looked picturesque. 5. Identify the participle phrase. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table. A) Ran toward the cake. B) Falling off. C) Falling off the table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling off the table. 6. Kahley, trying to keep calm, did not yell at Pierce when he took a pencil from her desk. What interrupter are you seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 7. She saw Nokomis waiting for her in the woods. A) She saw Nokomis. B) In the woods. C) Waiting for her. D) Nokomis waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waiting for her. 8. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence?"Frowning, he finally came out with a single marble" (Jeff Brumbeau, The Quiltmaker's Gift). A) Frowning. B) He. C) Finally came out. D) A single marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frowning. 9. Analyze the participial phrase "Glaring at the opponent, the chess player made a decisive move" and discuss how it contributes to character development. A) Glaring at the opponent. B) The chess player made a decisive move. C) The chess player. D) A decisive moveTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glaring at the opponent. 10. Children ..... have an advantage over monolingual children A) Raised in bilingual families. B) Raising in bilingual families. C) Who raising in bilingual families. D) Who raised in bilingual families. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raised in bilingual families. 11. Do you know the couple A) Is dancing happily?. B) Dances happily?. C) Dancing happily?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dancing happily?. 12. What is the participle in this sentence?The abandoned house was never visited on Halloween. A) The. B) Abandoned. C) House. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abandoned. 13. 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. 14. A present participial phrase ..... be removed from a sentence. A) Can. B) Cannot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 15. For dinner, Cindy enjoyed a hamburger topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup. A) Enjoyed a hamburger. B) Topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup. C) For dinner. D) Hamburger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup. 16. Working in the lab, the scientist created a robot. A) Working in the lab. B) Scientist. C) Created. D) A robot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working in the lab. 17. Which is the participle phrase?The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) Clogged with dog hair. B) Drained slowly. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clogged with dog hair. 18. The child ( )to music can play computer games well. A) Listen. B) Is istening. C) Listening. D) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listening. 19. Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river.The participial phrase in the above sentence is ..... A) Rushed to the river. B) Removing his coat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing his coat. 20. 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,. 21. Which is the participial phrase?Having discovered the error, the accountant corrected it immediately. A) Corrected it immediately. B) The accountant corrected it. C) Having discovered the error. D) Having discovered the error, the accountant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having discovered the error. 22. Identify the participial phrase.The general, riding to the front, led the attack. A) The general. B) Riding to the front. C) Led the attack. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riding to the front. 23. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Tired from the long day, the students eagerly awaited the bell. A) Tired from the long day B) The students C) Eagerly awaited D) The bell A) Tired from the long day. B) The students eagerly. C) Awaited the bell. D) The long day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tired from the long day. 24. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Running through the water, the children of the city romped under the spray of the hydrant. A) Running through the water. B) Through the water. C) Romped under the spray of the hydrant. D) Children of the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running through the water. 25. In the sentence below, which word should be followed by a comma? Shaking hands with people the president barely made it to his car. A) It. B) Hands. C) People. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People. ← 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