This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The rain stopped. The birds began to sing. A) The rain stopped, the birds stopped to sing. B) The rain stopped, the birds began to sing. C) The rain stopped, the birds stopped singing. D) The rain stopped, the birds stopped singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain stopped, the birds began to sing. 2. Frozen by the winter storm, the flower never bloomed and eventually died. A) Frozen by the winter storm. B) The flower never bloomed. C) Eventually died. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen by the winter storm. 3. In the sentence 'The singing birds woke me up early in the morning', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Singing. B) Birds. C) Morning. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birds. 4. Use commas correctly in the following sentence: "My brother who lives in New York is visiting us." A) My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting us. B) My brother who lives in New York, is visiting us. C) My brother, who lives in New York is visiting us. D) My brother who lives in New York is visiting us.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting us. 5. Identify the participial phrases.Washington, having crossed the Delaware, attacked the Hessians stationed at Trenton. A) Washington. B) Having crossed the Delaware. C) Attacked the Hessians. D) Stationed at Trenton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having crossed the Delaware. 6. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Homeless families often stayed at a shelter operated by a local church. A) Operated by a local church; modifies 'families'. B) Shelter operated by a local church; modifies 'families'. C) Stayed at a shelter; modifies 'operated'. D) Operated by a local church; modifies 'shelter'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operated by a local church; modifies 'shelter'. 7. Give an example of a participial phrase. A) Running. B) Running quickly. C) Quickly. D) Run quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly. 8. Find the participial phrase in the sentence and the word it describes: "Fascinated by the museum exhibits, the children forgot about the time." A) The museum exhibits; children. B) Fascinated by the museum exhibits; children. C) Forgot about the time; children. D) By the museum exhibits; time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascinated by the museum exhibits; children. 9. What is the function of "sleeping" in this sentence?A loud clap of thunder woke the sleeping children from their nap. A) Sleeping is a past participle being used as an adjective. B) Sleeping is the main verb in the sentence. C) Sleeping the a present participle being used as a noun. D) Sleeping is a present participle being used as an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleeping is a present participle being used as an adjective. 10. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Troubled by a nightmare, Tim woke up with a shock. A) A nightmare. B) Tim. C) Woke up. D) With a shock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tim. 11. What is the participle in the following sentence? The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks. A) Waterfall. B) Poured. C) Cascading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cascading. 12. The Porsche tore through the urban landscape, its wheels squealing around the sharp corners. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute Phrase. 13. Graham, interrupting the conversation, felt he needed to communicate his thoughts before they left his mind. 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. 14. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The girl, excited about the trip, packed her bags.' A) Excited about the trip. B) Packed her bags. C) The girl. D) About the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited about the trip. 15. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase with modifiers? A) Wanting a cookie, he risked punishment. B) Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar. C) The toddler reached for the cookie jar. D) He risked punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar. 16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Beginning with the kitchen, they painted every room in the apartment. A) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'apartment'. B) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'painted'. C) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'rooms'. D) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'they'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beginning with the kitchen; it modifies 'they'. 17. "Feeling hungry I cooked myself some pizza." A) No Change. B) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself, some pizza.:. C) "Feeling hungry I cooked, myself some pizza.". D) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some pizza.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some pizza.". 18. Which part of the sentence is the past participial phrase? EX:Marcus, tired from a long day at work, sat on the sofa and watched his favorite show. A) Sat on the sofa. B) Watched his favorite show. C) Tired from a long day at work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tired from a long day at work. 19. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Around her waist was a wide pink ribbon, tied in back with a bow. A) Past. B) Present. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 20. Having finished our work, the outdoors seemed refreshing. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 21. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence: "Covered in snow, the car looked like a white mound." A) Like a white mound. B) The car looked. C) Covered in snow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covered in snow. 22. In "The painted picture was beautiful, " what kind of participle is "painted" ? A) Present participle. B) Past participle. C) Future participle. D) Progressive participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past participle. 23. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Running quickly, the policeman caught the burglar. A) Running quickly. B) The policeman. C) Caught. D) The burglar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running quickly. 24. Identify participial phrases:Relaxing on his back patio, Jeff fell asleep. A) Relaxing on his back patio. B) Relaxing on his back. C) Jeff feel asleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relaxing on his back patio. 25. A past participial phrase usually begins with A) A, an, or the. B) An-ing word. C) An-ed word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An-ed word. ← 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