This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the participles in this sentence?Moaning and groaning, the guests proclaimed the Thanksgiving feast a huge success. A) Thanksgiving. B) Moaning, groaning. C) Feast, success. D) Proclaimed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moaning, groaning. 2. Which sentence contains a complete participial phrase? A) The boy is kicking the soccer ball. B) Kicking the soccer ball, the boy scored a goal. C) The soccer ball was kicked. D) He kicks the soccer ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kicking the soccer ball, the boy scored a goal. 3. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Shaken by the loud thunder, the dog hid under the bed. A) Under the bed. B) Shaken by the loud thunder. C) Hid under the bed. D) By the loud thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaken by the loud thunder. 4. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:'Lost in thought, she didn't notice the time.' A) Lost. B) Lost in thought. C) In thought. D) Didn't notice the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost in thought. 5. True or False? A participial phrase can act as a noun in a sentence. A) True, a participial phrase can act as a noun. B) False, a participial phrase acts as an adjective. C) True, a participial phrase can act as an adverb. D) False, a participial phrase is always a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False, a participial phrase acts as an adjective. 6. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:They imagined him dressed in shining armor. A) They. B) Imagined him. C) Dressed in shining armor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dressed in shining armor. 7. How is the red word functioning in the following sentence?The science test looked super easy, having only 10 multiple choice questions. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Direct object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 8. After the recently election, there were many that rejoiced at the new president in the White House, excited at the prospect of new leadership. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrase. 9. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Kelli and Camden had to pick up the puzzle pieces scattered on the floor. A) Kelli. B) Camden. C) Puzzle. D) Pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pieces. 10. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.While snorkeling in Hawaii, Esther Hutcheson spotted a turtle floating through the coral reefs. A) While snorkeling in Hawaii,. B) Esther Hutcheson spotted. C) Floating through the coral reefs. D) In Hawaii,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floating through the coral reefs. 11. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Mrs. Archer, worried about sunburn, always wears a hat and stays in the shade. A) Mrs. Archer,. B) Worried about sunburn,. C) Always wears a hat. D) Stays in the shade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worried about sunburn,. 12. Identify the participial phrase. Children introduced to music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Introduced to music early. B) Develop strong intellectual skills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introduced to music early. 13. "I was waving triumphantly." Is waving a participle or a verb? A) Participle. B) Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 14. Identify the participial phrase and the noun it modifies: "The book, lying on the table, was open to the last chapter." A) Lying on the table; book. B) Was open; book. C) To the last chapter; book. D) On the table; chapter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lying on the table; book. 15. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm, the children jumped up and down. A) Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm. B) The upcoming snowstorm. C) Jumped up and down. D) Excited by the news. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited by the news of the upcoming snowstorm. 16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Did they see the train coming around the bend? A) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'train'. B) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'bend'. C) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'did'. D) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'see'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coming around the bend modifies the word 'train'. 17. Form a participial phrase using the verb 'sing'. A) Singable. B) Sings. C) Singed. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singing. 18. Choose the participle in the following sentence:Knowing his aptitude, he should have scored more runs. A) Knowing. B) His aptitude. C) Scored. D) Runs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowing. 19. Present participles ..... A) End in-ing. B) End in-ed. C) End in-ing or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End in-ing. 20. Who/what is modified by the participial phrase:'Surrounded by beautiful flowers, the house looked picturesque.' A) Picturesque. B) The house. C) Surrounded. D) Beautiful flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The house. 21. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I was always looking for broken sticks." A) Looking. B) Always. C) Broken. D) Sticks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 22. Burning on the table the candle flame was bright. A) No Change. B) Burning on the table, the candle flame was bright. C) Burning, on the table, the candle flame was bright. D) Burning on the table the candle flame, was bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning on the table, the candle flame was bright. 23. Find the Participial phrase in the following sentence:The aroma of freshly brewed coffee, filling the air, woke me up instantly. A) The aroma. B) Filling the air. C) Woke me. D) Up instantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filling the air. 24. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Hated by the Federalists, John Quincey Adams returned to private life. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 25. Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases8. artificial illumination, cities A) A. visual pollution. B) B. radioactive pollution. C) C. light pollution. D) None of the above. 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