This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Having a heavy suitcase, the conductor assisted me.Arriving 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: A) Dangling. 2. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Swaying to the music, the crowd of dancers moved as one. A) The music. B) The crowd of dancers. C) Moved. D) As one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crowd of dancers. 3. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Exhausted from the run, the athlete collapsed'? A) Exhausted. B) Run. C) Athlete. D) Collapsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athlete. 4. Printed on both sides, the test contained seventy-five questions about the American Revolution. A) Printed on both sides. B) The test. C) Contained seventy-five questions. D) About the American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Printed on both sides. 5. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table. A) Falling off the table. B) The cake. C) Toward. D) Max. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling off the table. 6. Which of the following is a present participial phrase describing a nebula?A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust that is ..... stars. A) Forming. B) Formed by. C) Forming into. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forming. 7. Which is not the rule of the subordinator in the reduced adverb clauses? A) Retain before, and retain since when it is a time subordinator. B) Retain as when it is a time subordinator. C) Delete all three reason subordinators because, since, and as. D) Retain after, while, and when if the participial phrase follows theindependent clause. When the phrase is in another position, youmay either retain or delete these subordinators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retain as when it is a time subordinator. 8. In the sentence 'The broken window was finally repaired', what is the participial phrase and what word does it modify? A) The running window modifies the word 'window'. B) The blue window modifies the word 'window'. C) The repaired window modifies the word 'window'. D) The broken window modifies the word 'window'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The broken window modifies the word 'window'. 9. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:Excited about the trip, Sarah packed her bags. A) Excited about the trip B) Sarah packed C) Her bags D) Packed her bags A) Her bags. B) Excited about the trip. C) Packed her bags. D) Sarah packed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited about the trip. 10. In the following sentence, which word does the participial phrase modify? Sitting up uncomfortably, Joe tried to get some sleep. A) Sleep. B) Tried. C) Joe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joe. 11. What is the participial phrase?The tourists admired the painting hanging in the museum. A) Painting hanging in the museum. B) Admired the painting. C) Hanging in the museum. D) In the museum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hanging in the museum. 12. Which part of the sentence below is the participial phrase? The weather-worn house sat on a hill surrounded by barren fields. A) The weather-worn house. B) Sat on a hill. C) Surrounded by barren fields. D) By barren fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surrounded by barren fields. 13. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.My mom told us about the new library planned for the neighborhood. A) Planned for the neighborhood modifies 'library'. B) New library planned modifies 'neighborhood'. C) Planned for the neighborhood modifies 'mom'. D) The new library modifies 'planned'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planned for the neighborhood modifies 'library'. 14. Which sentence contains a participial phrase at the end? A) The excited child opened his presents. B) Walking quickly, John arrived on time. C) The dog chased the cat around the yard. D) We watched the stars, twinkling in the night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We watched the stars, twinkling in the night sky. 15. Commencing to rain, we turned backArriving 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: A) Dangling. 16. In which sentence is a participle capitalized? A) Some ducks SAT on a floating log in the river. B) SOME ducks sat on a floating log in the river. C) Some ducks sat on floating LOG in the river. D) Some ducks sat on a FLOATING log in the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some ducks sat on a FLOATING log in the river. 17. True or False question?A participle modifies a noun or pronoun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Ginger, pulling the blue blanket over her head, refused to get out of bed. A) Ginger. B) The blue blanket. C) Her head. D) Get out of bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ginger. 19. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Noted for her beauty, Venus was sought by all the gods as a wife. A) Noted for her beauty. B) Venus was. C) Sought by all. D) The gods as a wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noted for her beauty. 20. Identify the noun or pronoun being modified by the participle. Publix sold packaged bakery goods. A) Publix. B) Sold. C) Packaged. D) Bakery goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bakery goods. 21. Joe, searching for the code, was really excited. A) Searching. B) Code. C) Really. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Searching. 22. What noun is the participle modifying?"Frowning, he finally came out with a single marble" (Jeff Brumbeau, The Quiltmaker's Gift). A) Marble. B) He. C) Quilt. D) Frowning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He. 23. What is the difference between a verb and a participle? A) A verb shows action or state of being, while a participle is a verb form used as an adjective. B) A verb is always in the past tense, while a participle is in the present tense. C) A verb can only be a single word, while a participle must be a phrase. D) A verb is used to describe a noun, while a participle is used to describe an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verb shows action or state of being, while a participle is a verb form used as an adjective. 24. Locate the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Excited about the trip, the children packed their bags.' A) Excited children. B) The children packed their bags. C) Packed their bags. D) Excited about the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excited about the trip. 25. Undeterred by the seemingly unsurmountable hurdle, William Wilberforce continue to forge ahead to abolish slavery in the British Empire. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial 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