Participial Phrases Quiz 26 (25 MCQs)

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1. Find the participle phrase:The girl singing the national anthem is my cousin, Jamie.
2. Seeking an answer the problem was solvedArriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
3. Identify the participle of the following sentence:Children interested in music early develop strong intellectual skills.
4. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Cindy, exhausted from working all day, lay on the couch.
5. Lainey, frequenting the library often, loved reading books by a new author. What interrupter are you seeing?
6. Which sentence uses the participle correctly to describe the feeling?
7. ..... , the food smelled delicious.
8. Find the participial phrase:Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first. (a)
9. Arriving at the bank, oOne of the little refugees hid behind her mother, crying bitterly.und that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
10. The tower is easily seen walking down Michigan Avenue.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close.
11. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a past participial phrase to describe a black hole?
12. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'Running late, Sarah missed the bus'?
13. What are the endings of participles?
14. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:The papers, aged and yellowed, were found in the bottom of the file cabinet.
15. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct?Jody seeing her sister in need of new clothes, passed down some of her old clothes.
16. What is the participle in this sentence?Some ducks sat on a floating log in the water.
17. A word that describes a noun is called a/an .....
18. Participial phrases, like adjective clauses, can be restrictive (necessary) or nonrestrictive (unnecessary). If the original clause is nonrestrictive, the phrase is .....
19. A gifted athlete and scholar, Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam of golf while still an amateur.
20. True or False:This sentence is written correctly and makes perfect sense. "Walking home from school, the rain started to pour down on me."
21. Identify the present participial phrase:Thinking about her best friend, Sarah decided to buy her a card.
22. For many students, high school is merely a detention cell, a prison, a facility of incarceration established to bring about anguish and despair.
23. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The sparkling water splashed in our faces.
24. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Amused but reluctant to show how I felt, I tried to stifle my grin.
25. Refusing to give up hope, Corrie Ten Boom displayed a remarkable sense of faith to those in the Ravensbruck concentration camp.