This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The workers ..... to build the Panama Canal were at grave risk of getting yellow fever. A) Struggled. B) Struggling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Struggling. 2. What does a participial phrase begin with? A) A noun. B) A verb. C) A present or past participle. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A present or past participle. 3. Ms. Schutte's new puppy, Oberon, barks at all the leaves blowing in the wind. A) Prepositional. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Participial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participial. 4. The cat was hiding in the kitchen. It was ready to catch the mouse. A) Ready to catch the mouse. The cat was hiding in the kitchen. B) Hiding in the kitchen. It was ready to catch the mouse. C) Hiding in the kitchen, the cat was ready to catch the mouse. D) Getting ready to catch the mouse, it hides in the kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hiding in the kitchen, the cat was ready to catch the mouse. 5. 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. 6. What is the verb in this sentence? Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Ate. B) Sitting. C) Tuna sandwich. D) Absolute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 7. Which of these is an example of a noun? A) Verb. B) Chicken. C) Brown. D) Grill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chicken. 8. 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. 9. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence? "Frowning, he finally came out with a single marble" (Jeff Brumbeau, The Quiltmaker's Gift). A) Frowning. B) He. C) Finally came out. D) A single marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frowning. 10. We did not have any dinner because we wanted to watch the firework. A) Not having any dinner. We wanted to watch the firework. B) Wanting to watch the firework, we did not have any dinner. C) Not having any dinner because we wanted to watch the firework. D) Not wanting to miss the firework, we did not have any dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanting to watch the firework, we did not have any dinner. 11. Which is an example of a perfect tense verb? A) He lived in Boston. B) He has lived in Boston for several years. C) He is living in Boston now. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has lived in Boston for several years. 12. What is the participle in the following sentence? Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house. A) Shivering. B) Couple. C) Into. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivering. 13. Identify the participial phrase. The general, riding to the front, led the attack. A) The general. B) Riding to the front. C) Led the attack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riding to the front. 14. Identify the participle in the following sentence. Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair. A) Getting. B) Brushed. C) Combed. D) No participle present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting. 15. Identify the participial phrase. Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm. A) Placing the cookies. B) Placing the cookies in the oven. C) Burned his arm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing the cookies in the oven. 16. Identify the participle(s). Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground. A) Defying. B) Surprised. C) Levitating. D) Defying, levitating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defying. 17. The bread in the oven is intended for Sunday dinner. A) Participial. B) Gerund. C) Appositive. D) Prepositional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prepositional. 18. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Heated by the sun, Earth's surface can support life. A) Life. B) Can support. C) Earth's surface. D) Heated by the sun,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heated by the sun,. 19. Which of the following is properly punctuated? A) The reward, announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money. B) The reward announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money. C) The reward, announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money. D) The reward announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reward, announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money. 20. ..... by not more than 40 families. Kampung Naga Is unique village In West Java. A) Inhabiting. B) Inhabited. C) Inhabits. D) They inhabit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inhabited. 21. Running a marathon, I pushed my body to the limit. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrases. 22. Identify the participle in the sentence:We all agree that this is a growing problem. A) All. B) Agree. C) Growing. D) Problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growing. 23. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. She picked up trash thrown by careless motorists. A) Thrown by careless. B) Trash thrown by careless motorists. C) Thrown by careless motorists. D) She picked up trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thrown by careless motorists. 24. A participle can end in ..... A) -ing or-ed. B) -tion or-y. C) -ly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing or-ed. 25. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your own paper. Slipping her foot into the slipper, her stepsisters glared at Cinderella. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. ← 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