This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find the Participial Pharse/s in the following sentence:The girl feeling a bit nervous, she took a deep breath. A) The girl. B) Feeling a bit nervous. C) She took. D) A deep breath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling a bit nervous. 2. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) Running quickly B) The cat C) Jumped over the fence D) In the morning A) Running quickly. B) Jumped over the fence. C) In the morning. D) The cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running quickly. 3. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.The boat, making large waves, overturned our canoe. A) Making large waves. B) Overturned our canoe. C) The boat overturned our canoe. D) Making large waves, overturned our canoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making large waves. 4. In the sentence "Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar, " what grammatical function does the phrase "on his tiptoes" serve? A) Direct object. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Embedded clause. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 5. Being of Irish stock, my parents had a keen sense of humor.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 6. Evaluate the sentence "Driven by ambition, she pursued her goals relentlessly" for how the participial phrase explains the character's motivation. A) Driven by ambition. B) She pursued her goals. C) Her goals relentlessly. D) Pursued her goalsTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driven by ambition. 7. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.The lot, filled with cars, was enormous. A) Filled with cars modifies the word 'cars'. B) Filled with cars modifies the word 'lot'. C) Filled with cars modifies the word 'enormous'. D) The lot modifies the phrase 'filled with cars'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filled with cars modifies the word 'lot'. 8. Whose reports have you checked? A) The ones that belong to the girl drinking a glass of water. B) The ones that belongs to the girl dinking a glass of water. C) The one that belongs to the girl drinking a glass of water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ones that belong to the girl drinking a glass of water. 9. Analyze the sentence and determine the impact of the participial phrase on the reader's understanding: "The book, written by an unknown author, became a surprise bestseller." A) The book. B) Written by an unknown author. C) Became a surprise bestseller. D) An unknown authorTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written by an unknown author. 10. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.That newspaper blowing all over the yard is a real mess. A) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'newspaper'. B) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'yard'. C) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'mess'. D) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'that'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blowing all over the yard modifies 'newspaper'. 11. Adjectives are words that describe ..... and ..... A) An action. B) A person, place, or idea. C) Nouns and pronouns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nouns and pronouns. 12. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase that modifies an object? A) The dog chased the ball rolling down the hill. B) The hill was steep. C) The ball was lost. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog chased the ball rolling down the hill. 13. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Before she left, my mom told us about the new library planned for this neighborhood. A) Told us about. B) About the new library. C) Planned for this neighborhood. D) Before she left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planned for this neighborhood. 14. Participles are words that are formed from verbs but act as A) Verbs. B) Adjectives. C) Pronouns. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjectives. 15. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.3. The key witness, protected by two guards, has arrived. (a) A) Arrived. B) Key. C) By two guards. D) A. protected by two guards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. protected by two guards. 16. Choose the sentence with the correctly placed participial phrase: A) The student completed confused the homework assignment. B) Shouting with joy, the team won the game. C) Studying in the library the books fell off the table. D) The dog barking at the mailman he ran away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouting with joy, the team won the game. 17. What is the function of the gerund phrase (in pink)?Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster. A) Subject of the sentence. B) Object of the verb. C) Object of the preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject of the sentence. 18. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The flowers, blooming in the spring, attract many bees.' A) Attract many bees. B) The flowers. C) Blooming in the spring. D) In the spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blooming in the spring. 19. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence and the noun it describes: "The cat, sitting by the window, watched the birds." A) Watched the birds; cat. B) Sitting by the window; cat. C) By the window; birds. D) The cat; window. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sitting by the window; cat. 20. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The girl who is wearing a red dress is my friend. A) The girl wearing a red dress is my friend. B) The girl who will wear a red dress is my friend. C) The girl who wore a red dress is my friend. D) The girl who wears a red dress is my friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girl wearing a red dress is my friend. 21. In the sentence 'The glowing fireflies illuminated the night', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Glowing. B) Fireflies. C) Illuminated. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fireflies. 22. Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases3. lakes, rivers, oceans, groundwater, contamination A) A. soil pollution. B) B. water pollution. C) C. noise pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. water pollution. 23. Which is the participial phrase?Walking along the highway, I met a band of gypsies. A) Walking along the highway. B) A band of gypsies. C) Walking along. D) I met a band of gypsies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking along the highway. 24. We were thrilled by the scenery of the beautiful mountains, arriving at the innArriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 25. Which one is not the step to reduce an adverb clause? A) Make sure that the subject of the adverb clause and the subject of theindependent clause are the same. B) Delete the subject of the adverb clause. If necessary, move it to thesubject position in the independent clause. C) Change the adverb clause verb to the appropriate participle. D) Delete or retain the subordinator. E) Change the adverb clause verb to the adjective clause. 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