This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a participial phrase to modify the noun. A) The bus, running late, skipped a stop. B) Running late, the bus skipped a stop. C) The bus skipped a stop, running late. D) Running late, the bus driver skipped a stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bus, running late, skipped a stop. 2. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The cake, baked fresh this morning, was delicious'? A) Cake. B) Baked. C) Morning. D) Delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cake. 3. As we were walking in the woods, we food a house ..... by huge tree roots. A) Which destorying. B) Which destoryed. C) Destorying. D) Destoryed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destoryed. 4. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The charging bull thundered across the field. A) Charging. B) Bull. C) Thundered. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charging. 5. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase?Books placed onto the cart will be put back when the library closes at 5:00 p.m. A) Placed on the cart. B) Will be put back. C) Closes. D) Books placed on the cart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placed on the cart. 6. Having reached home, I dressed for dinner A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 7. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct and clear. 'Sprinting for the finish line, the crowd's roar was deafening.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The teacher, frustrated by the noise, asked the students to be quiet.' A) Frustrated by the noise. B) Asked the students. C) The teacher. D) To be quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frustrated by the noise. 9. A present participial phrase A) Is used a verb. B) Is used an an adjective. C) Is used an a noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is used an an adjective. 10. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The fire crackled. The marshmallows turned golden brown. A) The fire crackled, turning the marshmallows golden brown. B) The fire crackled, and the marshmallows turned golden brown. C) The fire crackled, while the marshmallows turned golden brown. D) The fire crackled, which turned the marshmallows golden brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fire crackled, turning the marshmallows golden brown. 11. Does this sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Feeling so much better after the nap, Gunster dressed and went out. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 12. The runner gasping for breath crossed the finish line. A) Runner. B) Gasping for breath. C) Crossed the finish line. D) Finish line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gasping for breath. 13. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Tired from the long journey, they decided to rest.' A) Awake during the long journey. B) Sleeping through the long journey. C) Exhausted after the long journey. D) Tired from the long journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tired from the long journey. 14. Identify the noun modified by the participial phrase:'Running down the street, the dog chased the ball.' A) Cat. B) Ball. C) Dog. D) Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog. 15. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence?"Turning a corner suddenly, they came upon two vans, a tent, and a company of gypsies encamped by the side of the road" (E. Nesbit, Five Children and It, 70). A) Turning a corner suddenly. B) They came upon us. C) A tent. D) By the side of the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turning a corner suddenly. 16. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct because the participial phrase is placed correctly. 'Running for the bus, the backpack was accidentally dropped by Sarah.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Identify the participle in the following sentence:Excited about the upcoming trip, she packed her bags early. A) Excited. B) Excited about the upcoming trip. C) There is no participle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited. 18. What can sometimes give a participial phrase away? A) A comma. B) An adverb. C) A verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comma. 19. Evaluate the use of the participial phrase in this sentence for its effectiveness in creating imagery: "The trees, bending in the wind, seemed to dance joyfully." A) The trees. B) Bending in the wind. C) Seemed to dance joyfully. D) In the windTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bending in the wind. 20. Select the sentence that correctly uses commas with an appositive phrase. A) My friend, Lisa, has a dog that can dance. B) My friend Lisa has a dog, that can dance. C) My friend Lisa, has a dog that can dance. D) My friend, Lisa has a dog, that can dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My friend, Lisa, has a dog that can dance. 21. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.Andrea, waking from a dream, cried fearfully. A) Waking from a dream, cried fearfully. B) Andrea cried fearfully. C) Andrea, waking from a dream. D) Waking from a dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waking from a dream. 22. Punctuate the following participial phrase correctly:Excited about the game the fans cheered loudly. A) Excited about the game, the fans cheered loudly. B) Excited about the game, the fans, cheered loudly. C) Excited about the game the fans cheered loudly,. D) Excited about the game the fans cheered loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited about the game, the fans cheered loudly. 23. In the sentence, 'The smiling cashier handed me my change, ' which word is the participle acting as an adjective? A) Smiling. B) Cashier. C) Handed. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smiling. 24. Some plants growing at an angle can straighten themselves up. A) Growing at an angle. B) Some plants. C) Can straighten. D) Themselves up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing at an angle. 25. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Garrett grabbed his coat hanging on the hook. A) Garrett. B) Coat. C) Hanging. 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