This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one is an incorrect statement about participle forms? A) An active voice verb becomes an-ing participle. B) A passive voice verb becomes an-ed participle. C) There are also perfect forms. D) There are also continuous forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are also continuous forms. 2. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.The doctor, hoping for the best, examined the X-rays. A) The doctor. B) Examined the X-rays. C) The X-rays. D) Hoping for the best. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hoping for the best. 3. Select the sentence that does NOT contain a participial phrase.a) The flowers, blooming in the garden, smelled delightful.b) The boy, tired from playing all day, fell asleep.c) The teacher, grading papers, stayed late at school.d) The dog barked loudly. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 4. I received a letter ..... by Mary. A) Writing. B) Write. C) Written. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Written. 5. Pictures moving across the screen came later. A) Moving. B) Across. C) Screen. D) Later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving. 6. What is the direct object in the phrase "Wanting a cookie" ? A) Wanting. B) Cookie. C) A. D) There is no direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cookie. 7. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The car, parked in the driveway, belongs to my neighbor.' A) Belongs. B) Driveway. C) Car. D) Neighbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Car. 8. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.4. I, having auditioned yesterday, waited for the results. (a) A) A. having auditioned yesterday. B) Auditioned yesterday. C) Waited for the results. D) For the results. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. having auditioned yesterday. 9. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.The woman, caressing her hair, listened intently to the earnest young man. A) The woman. B) Listened intently to the earnest young man. C) Caressing her hair. D) The earnest young man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caressing her hair. 10. After the great Capulet feast, Romeo scaled the fortified walls to see Juliet once again, hoping to express his undying love to the fair young lady. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 11. A black cat, hissing and scratching, jumped from the bushes and ran down the street. A) Hissing, scratching. B) Cat. C) Bushes, street. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hissing, scratching. 12. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The woman who is reading a book is my aunt. A) My aunt, reading a book, is the woman. B) The woman, reading a book, is my aunt. C) The woman is my aunt, reading a book. D) The woman is reading a book, my aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My aunt, reading a book, is the woman. 13. How many participles are in the following sentence?Having rushed through the extended essay, Joseph worried that he didn't put all the needed information for a passing score. A) 0. B) 2. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 14. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.Shocked to see the astronaut on his bus, Hagrid begged her for an autograph. A) Shocked to see the astronaut on his bus,. B) Hagrid begged her. C) For an autograph. D) Begged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shocked to see the astronaut on his bus,. 15. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) The book B) Written by a famous author C) On the table D) Opened the door A) Under the bed. B) Written by a famous author. C) Ate the sandwich. D) The pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written by a famous author. 16. Identify the participle in the following sentence:Fifteen men, clothed in military uniforms, presented the flags. A) Clothed in military uniforms. B) Clothed. C) Presented. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clothed. 17. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The stolen necklace was recovered by the police'? A) Recovered. B) Police. C) Necklace. D) Stolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Necklace. 18. I was nervous about the icy roads driving downtownArriving at the bank, od 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. 19. What is the function of the participial phrase "flying over the ocean" in the sentence: "The plane, flying over the ocean, encountered turbulence" ? A) It describes the plane. B) It describes the ocean. C) It describes the turbulence. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It describes the plane. 20. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence: "Jogging every morning keeps me fit." A) Every morning keeps. B) Jogging every morning. C) Keeps me fit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jogging every morning. 21. Identify the misplaced participial phrase in this sentence: "Jumping out of the water, the fisherman caught the fish." A) Jumping out of the water. B) The fisherman caught. C) The fish. D) Caught the fishTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jumping out of the water. 22. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a past participial phrase to describe a nebula? A) The nebula was formed by stars. B) The nebula is forming stars. C) The nebula forms stars. D) The nebula is formed into stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nebula was formed by stars. 23. While it was a Monday, Aaron, thinking positively, had the mindset that it was still a good day. 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. 24. A popular Halloween snack is roasted pumpkin seeds. A) Popular. B) Roasted. C) Is. D) Pumpkin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roasted. 25. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Swimming, another aquatic sport, demands physical endurance. A) Swimming, another aquatic sport. B) Swimming. C) There is no participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is no participial phrase. ← 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