Participial Phrases Quiz 33 (25 MCQs)

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1. Cooking dinner for my friends is always a fun challenge.
2. A few days after the interview, Daniel received a letter ..... him a job.
3. Identify the participial phrase. The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.
4. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? Wearing a lei around her neck, the hula dancer moved to the rhythms of the ukulele.
5. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct? Jimmy, watching a scary movie jumped out of his seat.
6. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Dressed in his flight suit, the astronaut climbed into the spaceship.
7. In the following sentence, which word(s) does the participle(s) modify? The pirate ship loaded with stolen gold swayed back and forth in the storm.
8. Find the PARTICIPLE. The student completed growing piles of homework.
9. Where's the participle?The barking dogs kept us awake all night.
10. Choose the correct participle form Children ..... in music early develop strong intellectual skills.
11. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
12. Identify the participial phrase. They boarded the ship lying in the harbor.
13. Choose the participle below that would complete the meaning of the sentence. The powerful engine made a noise like a lion .....
14. Which phrase in the sentence serves as a participial phrase? Changing all of his plans, Ricky realized how much COVID had impacted his social life.
15. The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on. The participle in this sentence is .....
16. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
17. Working hard all day, the boys finished the job by dinner time.
18. What is the participial phrase?The dog, sniffing in the backyard, could not find his bone.
19. Where is the best place to add this participial phrase "talking to my family" in the sentence "I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire" ?
20. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept for twelve hours.
21. What is the participial phrase?Recognizing an old friend, Mark made sure to stop and say hi.
22. Identify the participial phrase. The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.
23. The problem of most developing countries is the rapidly ..... population which is not supported by a strong economy.
24. 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.
25. A gerund functions as .....