This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? The waitress served Gilbert a plate of gray meatloaf sauced with lumpy gravy. A) Gray meatloaf. B) Served Gilbert a plate. C) Gray meatloaf sauced with lumpy gravy. D) Sauced with lumpy gravy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sauced with lumpy gravy. 2. Identify the participle(s). Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thin layer of sparkling dew. A) Marveled. B) Covered. C) Sparkling. D) Covered, sparkling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covered, sparkling. 3. ..... , the books must be returned to the library. A) Having been finished their exam. B) Having finished their exam. C) Finish their exam. D) Finished their exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having finished their exam. 4. Identify the participial phrase. Racing through the woods, her heart pounded as she grew closer to the house. A) Racing through the woods. B) Heart pounded. C) Grew closer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Racing through the woods. 5. What is the participial phrase?Three-year-old Holly, delighted by her success, snowboarded down the bunny hill. A) Snowboarded down the bunny hill. B) Delighted by her success. C) Three-year-old Holly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delighted by her success. 6. We had eaten our dinner. Then we watched the firework. A) Eating our dinner, we watched the firework. B) Having eaten our dinner, we watched the firework. C) Having eaten our dinner. We watched the firework. D) Eating our dinner, we will watch the firework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having eaten our dinner, we watched the firework. 7. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. The swinging door makes scary noises at night. A) Makes scary. B) The swinging door. C) Noises. D) At night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The swinging door. 8. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The man working at that desk rarely takes a break. A) Rarely takes a break. B) Working at that desk rarely takes a break. C) Working at that desk. D) Man working at that desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working at that desk. 9. According to this sentence, what is running down the hallway? Running down the hallway, the lights were left on in the classroom. A) The narrator. B) The lights. C) No one. D) The classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lights. 10. Where's the participial phrase?Coming home, Scott dreamed of being a world-famous athlete. A) Coming home. B) Scott dreamed. C) Dreamed of being. D) A world-famous athlete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coming home. 11. How is the red word functioning in the following sentence? After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Direct object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 12. As you walk through the trees you will see a beam of light passing through the branches. A) Walking between the trees, you can see the sun coming through the branches. B) Having walked between the trees, you can see the sun coming through the branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking between the trees, you can see the sun coming through the branches. 13. Tourists walk back to their hotel after watching the sunset on the rocks. A) Having watched the sun set at the rock, the visitors walked back to their hotel. B) Watching the sun set at the rock, the visitors walked back to their hotel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having watched the sun set at the rock, the visitors walked back to their hotel. 14. Find the PARTICIPLE. Melted snow is such a mess. A) Melted. B) Snow. C) Is. D) Mess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melted. 15. Identify the participle in the following sentence. The prison guards looked all around, but the escaped prisoner could not be located. A) Looked. B) Escaped. C) Located. D) No participle present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Escaped. 16. Where's the participial phrase?The road leading to the lake has been washed away. A) Leading to the lake. B) Leading. C) Has been washed. D) To the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leading to the lake. 17. Identify the prepositional phrase:Fred ran into the pole because he didn't watch where he was going. A) Where he was going. B) Into the pole. C) Because he didn't watch. D) With column staff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into the pole. 18. Which of the following is converted into a sentence with a participial phrase? I still have several things which remains to be done. A) I still have several things remains to be done. B) I still have several things which remaining to be done. C) I still have several things remaining to be done. D) I still have several things which remained to be done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I still have several things remaining to be done. 19. Change the adjective clauses to present participial phrases!The young woman, who was running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. A) The young woman, was running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. B) The young woman, running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. C) The young woman, is running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. D) The young woman, who running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The young woman, running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell. 20. In the following sentence, what noun/pronoun does the participle "frozen" modify? The girl saw the frozen plants beneath the surface of the lake. A) Girl. B) Plants. C) Lake. D) Surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants. 21. Choose the participial phrase in the sentence:Her sister, using a calm voice, told us to stand still. A) Her sister. B) Using a calm voice. C) Told us to stand still. D) Stand still. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using a calm voice. 22. Identify the participial phrase. The territory claimed by the Dutch was called New Netherlands. A) The territory. B) Claimed by the Dutch. C) Was. D) Called New Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claimed by the Dutch. 23. Identify the participial phrase. The balloon, shooting swiftly into the clouds, was soon lost to sight. A) The balloon. B) Shooting swiftly into the clouds. C) Lost to sight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shooting swiftly into the clouds. 24. Identify the participial phrase. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table. A) Ran toward the cake. B) Falling off the table. C) Falling off. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling off the table. 25. Where's the participial phrase?I love to watch the sun rising from beneath the horizon. A) To watch. B) The sun rising. C) From the beneath the horizon. D) Rising from beneath the horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising from beneath the horizon. ← 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