This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where's the participial phrase?The rainbow, seeming to end just over the horizon, is actually an optical illusion A) The rainbow. B) To end just over the horizon. C) Seeming to end. D) Seeming to end just over the horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seeming to end just over the horizon. 2. Which of the following sentences is written correctly using a participial phrase? A) I want to run to Austin tomorrow. B) Taking off his jacket, he realized it was colder out than expected. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking off his jacket, he realized it was colder out than expected. . 3. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The bird singing loudly on that branch is a song sparrow. A) Singing loudly. B) Singing loudly on that branch. C) Song sparrow. D) The bird singing loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing loudly on that branch. 4. How can you recognize a present participle? A) It ends in-ing. B) It ends in-ed. C) It ends in-s. D) It ends in-en. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It ends in-ing. 5. Identify the participial phrase. The thief, being detected, surrendered to the officer. A) The thief. B) Being detected. C) Surrendered to the office. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being detected. 6. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:Looking down from the tree, the monkey could see many people. A) Looking down from the tree. B) Could see many people. C) The monkey could see many people. D) Many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking down from the tree. 7. The following sentence contains no participial phrases. The police wanted to recover the valuable artwork. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Phil, worn out by his long trip, slept for twelve hours. A) For twelve hours. B) By his long trip. C) Worn out by his long trip. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worn out by his long trip. 9. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:The house nestled in the valley was built by immigrants from Sweden. A) Immigrants from Sweden. B) Nestled in the valley. C) The house. D) Was built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nestled in the valley. 10. Is the participle past or present? Her purring cat jumped on the fence. A) Present. B) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 11. Choose the two objects in participial phrases in two-part objects of verbs below!The police caught the young boy stealing a car. A) The police and the young boy. B) The young boy and a car. C) The police and a car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The young boy and a car. 12. Cooking dinner for my friends, I experimented with new flavors and ingredients. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrases. 13. Find the participle and/or participial phrase. Climbing slowly, we approached the top of the hill. A) Of the hill. B) Climbing slowly. C) Approached the top. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbing slowly. 14. The child sat at the desk. He was painting his first picture. A) Painting his first picture, the child sat at the desk. B) Painting his first picture, the child was sitting at the desk. C) Sitting at the desk. The child painted his first picture. D) Sitting at the desk, the child was painting his first picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sitting at the desk, the child was painting his first picture. 15. A participle is a verbal that functions as ..... A) A noun. B) A verb. C) An adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 16. 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. 17. Where's the participial phrase?Returning home from school, Sue found the house empty. A) Found the house. B) Found the house empty. C) Returning home from school. D) From school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returning home from school. 18. There are three kinds of participles:past, present, and future participles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Identify the participial phrase in this sentence:Children interested in music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Interested in music early. B) Develop strong intellectual skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested in music early. 20. In the following sentence, which word does the participle modify? The paper airplane, swirling above our heads, finally crashed into the rear wall. A) Airplane. B) Heads. C) Wall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Airplane. 21. What does a participial phrase always function as? A) A noun. B) A verb. C) An adverb. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An adjective. 22. Select the absolute phrase in the sentence. I flipped through the pages, my eyes filling with tears, of the old photo album. A) Flipped through the pages. B) I flipped through the pages. C) My eyes filling with tears. D) Of the old photo album. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My eyes filling with tears. 23. Driven from their homelands, many people each year seek refuge in the United States. A) In the United States. B) Each year. C) Driven from their homelands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driven from their homelands. 24. The old man is sitting under the tree. He is chatting with his old friends. A) Sitting under the tree. The old man is chatting with his old friends. B) Sitting under the tree, the old man chat with his old friends. C) Having sat under the tree, the old man was chatting with his old friends. D) Sitting under the tree, the old man is chatting with his old friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sitting under the tree, the old man is chatting with his old friends. 25. Identify the participial phrase. Burgoyne, having been surrounded at Saratoga, surrendered to General Gates. A) Burgoyne. B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. C) Surrendered to General Gates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having been surrounded at Saratoga. ← 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