This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Feeling hungry I cooked myself some hot dogs." A) No Change. B) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself, some hot dogs.". C) "Feeling hungry I cooked, myself some hot dogs.". D) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some hot dogs.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Feeling hungry, I cooked myself some hot dogs.". 2. Read the sentence. The cow standing in the meadow chewed contentedly on grass. What is the participial phrase, and which word does it modify? A) Standing in the meadow; modifies cow. B) On grass; modifies chewed. C) In the meadow; modifies standing. D) Chewed contentedly; modifies cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Standing in the meadow; modifies cow. 3. Where's the participial phrase?Fifteen men and women, clothed in military uniforms, presented the flags. A) Fifteen men and women. B) Clothed in military uniforms. C) Presented the flags. D) In military uniforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clothed in military uniforms. 4. Where's the participial phrase?Chopping the carrots quickly, the chef finished the stew. A) The chef finished. B) Finished the stew. C) Chopping the carrots quickly,. D) The carrots quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chopping the carrots quickly,. 5. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence? "A young physicist named Herb Anderson walked in, yawning, and helped do a few last-minute checks" (Steve Sheinkin, Bomb, 71.) A) A young physicist. B) Yawning. C) Herb Anderson walked in. D) A few last-minute checks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yawning. 6. Past participles often end in ..... A) -ed. B) -ing. C) -s. D) -es. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ed. 7. Participles may appear as one word or as part of a phrase in a sentence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Singing in the shower is my favorite way to start the day. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 9. Writing a novel, I discovered the power of storytelling. A) Gerund. B) Participial Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial Phrases. 10. Identify the participial phrase. Wealth acquired dishonestly will prove a curse. A) Wealth acquired. B) Acquired dishonestly. C) Prove a curse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acquired dishonestly. 11. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. Running for the bus, my book fell in the mud. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling participle. 12. One of the people ..... at the seminar yesterday was Rhesa. A) Present. B) To be presented. C) Presented. D) Presenting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Presenting. 13. Find the sentence with a present participial phrase. A) Chewed to the quick, Sally's finger nail bled. B) The Declaration of Independence, a national treasure, is in Washington DC. C) Dancing in the rain, Don Lockwood smiled dreamily. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dancing in the rain, Don Lockwood smiled dreamily. 14. Where is the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence? "And then, tracing each word with his paw, he read the story of a beautiful princess and the brave knight who serves and honors her" (Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux, 24). A) And then. B) Tracing each word with his paw. C) He read the story. D) Of a beautiful princess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tracing each word with his paw. 15. Identify the present participle in this sentence:There is no running water in the run-down apartment. A) Run-down. B) Running. C) No. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 16. Identify the participial phrase. Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots. A) Preparing for the weather. B) Grabbed her raincoat. C) Grabbed her raincoat and rain boots. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preparing for the weather. 17. Forms of verbs that do not function as verbs but as other parts of speech are called A) Verb forms. B) Fake verbs. C) Verbal. D) Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal. 18. The dinner was prepared by the chef himself. It was really a delicious meal. A) Preparing by the chef himself, the dinner was really a delicious meal. B) Preparing by the chef himself, it was really a delicious meal. C) Prepared by the chef himself, the dinner was really a delicious meal. D) Prepared by the chef himself, it was really a delicious meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepared by the chef himself, the dinner was really a delicious meal. 19. Insert the participial phrases in the blank space!Participial phrase:taking a walk in the woodsA person ..... can see a great variety of birds. A) A person, taking a walk in the woods, can see a great variety of birds. B) A person who is taking a walk in the woods, can see a great variety of birds. C) A person taking a walk in the woods can see a great variety of birds. D) A person taking a walk in the woods, can see a great variety of birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person taking a walk in the woods can see a great variety of birds. 20. Find the participle phrase:Touched by the effort of her friends, Maria cried as she discovered her surprise party. A) Discovered her surprise party. B) Cried. C) Of her friends. D) Touched by the effort of her friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Touched by the effort of her friends. 21. What VERB did Mrs. L use in the video? A) Run. B) Swim. C) Play. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 22. Having recorded the results of the experiment, Kate closed her notebook. A) Of the experiment. B) Having recorded the results of the experiment. C) Closed her notebook. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having recorded the results of the experiment. 23. Find the PARTICIPLE. My growling stomach wants food. A) My. B) Growling. C) Stomach. D) Wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growling. 24. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence. 1. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox. A) Raced to the mailbox. B) Raced. C) Expecting good news. D) Good news. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expecting good news. 25. Two of my friends ..... in the school fights last weekend have been arrested by the police. A) Were involving. B) To be involved. C) Involving. D) Involved. 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