This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The baby's teeth look very shiny since they were just brushed by his mother. A) Looking very shiny. The baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. B) They looked very shiny. The teeth were just brushed by his mother. C) Looking very shiny, they were just brushed by his mother. D) Looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were just brushed by his mother. 2. Change to the progressive passive participle! (present action)The music which is being played now is by Bach. A) The music being played now is by Bach. B) The music is being played now is by Bach. C) The music being playing now is by Bach. D) The music is now being played is by Bach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The music being played now is by Bach. 3. Which word in the following sentence is the participle:Some ducks sat on a floating log in the river. A) Sat. B) Some. C) Log. D) Floating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Floating. 4. Identify the participle or participle phrase in the following sentence:Laughing at her own joke, Mrs. Newell ended her class. A) Ended her class. B) Joke. C) Laughing at her own joke. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laughing at her own joke. 5. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence. 5. The soccer players, having grown faint from thirst, gratefully accepted the cold oranges. A) Gratefully accepted the cold oranges. B) Accepted the cold oranges. C) Soccer. D) Having grown faint from thirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having grown faint from thirst. 6. Select the correctly punctuated participial phrase from the drop-down menu to add it to the sentence. Cortney ..... found dozens of interesting seashells. A) Wading in the shallow water,. B) Wading in the shallow water. C) , wading in the shallow water,. D) , wading in the shallow water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) , wading in the shallow water,. 7. He felt very lonely listening to the sounds of nature. A) Listening to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. B) Having listened to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening to the sound of nature, the man felt very alone. 8. The baby's teeth did not look very shiny. They were a bit yellowish. A) Not look very shiny. The baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. B) Not looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. C) Looking a bit yellowish, the baby's teeth were a bit shiny. D) Not look very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not looking very shiny, the baby's teeth were a bit yellowish. 9. What is the most common mistake with introductory participial phrases? A) Misplacing them. B) Dangling them. C) Using the wrong tense. D) Not using enough modifiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplacing them. 10. Identify the participial phrase. The exhausted runner gasping for breath crossed the finish line in record time. A) Exhausted runner. B) Gasping for breath. C) Crossed the finish line in record time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gasping for breath. 11. What should be done if too much distance separates an introductory participial phrase and its target? A) Leave it as it is. B) Remove the phrase. C) Move the phrase closer to the target. D) Change the target. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Move the phrase closer to the target. 12. What is the participial phrase?The students left the school, celebrating the start of summer A) The students left the school. B) Celebrating the start of summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celebrating the start of summer. 13. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Lunch table. B) Sitting. C) Sitting at the lunch table. D) Ate her tuna sandwich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting at the lunch table. 14. What happens if a participial phrase concludes a main clause and modifies a word farther up in the sentence? A) No punctuation is needed. B) A comma is needed. C) A semicolon is needed. D) A colon is needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comma is needed. 15. The young men ..... by the institute are all university graduates. A) Employing. B) Employ. C) Employed. D) To employ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Employed. 16. What is the difference between a present participial phrase and a gerund phrase? A) A present participle phrase acts as a noun, while a gerund phrase acts as an adjective. B) A present participle phrase acts as an adjective, while a gerund phrase acts as a noun. C) A present participle phrase acts as a verb, while a gerund phrase acts as an adverb. D) A present participle phrase acts as an adverb, while a gerund phrase acts as a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A present participle phrase acts as an adjective, while a gerund phrase acts as a noun. 17. Identify the participlial phrases used in the sentence:Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her. A) Braking. B) Hit the stopped car. C) Baking too late. D) Stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baking too late. 18. Sometimes, life must be very unpleasant for people ..... near the airports. A) Live. B) To be lived. C) Lives. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living. 19. Find the sentence with an appositive phrase. A) Well now class, let's open our books. B) May I borrow your hammer, Dad?. C) Florida, a peninsula, is about 400 miles long. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florida, a peninsula, is about 400 miles long. 20. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? Books placed onto the cart will be put back when the library closes at 5:00 p.m. A) Placed on the cart. B) Will be put back. C) Closes. D) Books placed on the cart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placed on the cart. 21. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The path, worn smooth by millions of feet, leads to a spectacular view. A) Worn smooth by millions of feet, leads to a spectacular view. B) Leads to a spectacular view. C) The path, worn smooth by millions of feet. D) Worn smooth by millions of feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worn smooth by millions of feet. 22. Which is the participle phrase? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) Clogged with dog hair. B) Drained slowly. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clogged with dog hair. 23. In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase in "quotes" ? A) It is amazing that "birds are able to fly.". B) The colorful "birds building a nest" are orioles. C) Birds at our feeder flew away when "they saw a hawk.". D) The "duck was waddling across" the grassy field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The colorful "birds building a nest" are orioles. 24. Running a marathon requires a lot of endurance and dedication. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 25. What NOUN did Mrs. L use in the video? A) The dude. B) A cat. C) The guy. D) A cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The guy. ← 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