This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence contains a present participial phrase? A) Driving a nice car, Lisa impressed her friends. B) Lisa, my cousin, drives a nice car. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driving a nice car, Lisa impressed her friends. 2. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a participial phrase?a) The girl, wearing a red dress, danced gracefully.b) The tree, covered in snow, looked beautiful.c) The boy, excited about his birthday, opened his presents.d) The bird flew high in the sky. A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 3. Which sentence uses a past participle correctly? A) The break glass was on the floor. B) The singing bird flew away. C) The written letter was mailed yesterday. D) The run dog was tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The written letter was mailed yesterday. 4. Jeff Glor, a CBS news reporter, has a very nice smile. What interrupter am I seeing? A) Appositive. B) Participial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive. 5. Identify participial phrase:Pork and beans canned in tomato sauce is my favorite. A) Canned in tomato sauce. B) Is my favorite. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canned in tomato sauce. 6. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Having completed the training program, Henry was ready to go to work. A) Henry was ready. B) Program, Henry. C) Having completed the training program,. D) To go to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having completed the training program,. 7. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shooting swiftly into the clouds. 8. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Children interested in music early develop strong intellectual skills. A) Children develop strong intellectual skills. B) Children interested. C) Interested in music early. D) Develop strong skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interested in music early. 9. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.The king, unrecognized by all his subjects, walked around his kingdom in disguise. A) Unrecognized by all his subjects, modifies 'king'. B) Unrecognized by none, modifies 'king'. C) Recognized by all his subjects, modifies 'king'. D) Unrecognized by all his subjects, modifies 'subjects'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrecognized by all his subjects, modifies 'king'. 10. Participles are what part of speech? A) Nouns. B) Adverbs. C) Adjectives. D) Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjectives. 11. Which of the following is a past participial phrase describing a black hole?A black hole is a region of space that has been ..... by gravity. A) Formed. B) Forming. C) Formed by. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formed. 12. In the sentence 'The broken window needs to be fixed', what is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase? A) Tree. B) Window. C) Car. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Window. 13. Identify the participial phrase of this sentence:Babies crying in the night bother me. A) The night bothers me. B) Babies bother me. C) Crying in the night. D) Babies in the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crying in the night. 14. The abandoned house was never visited on Halloween. Identify the participle. A) House. B) Halloween. C) Abandoned. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abandoned. 15. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The athlete, exhausted from the race, collapsed on the ground.' A) Collapsed on the ground. B) The athlete. C) Exhausted from the race. D) From the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhausted from the race. 16. ..... , Tokyo Skytree is the tallest tower in Japan. A) Built in 2012. B) Lost in the city. C) Broken by the fall. D) Made of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built in 2012. 17. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The curtains closed at the end of the play, bringing the night of theater to an end. A) End of the play. B) To an end. C) Closed at the end. D) Bringing the night of theater to an end. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bringing the night of theater to an end. 18. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:'Amazed by the magician's tricks, the audience applauded loudly.' A) The audience applauded loudly. B) Amazed by the magician's tricks,. C) The magician's tricks. D) Amazed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amazed by the magician's tricks,. 19. Rewrite choice that avoids a dangling modifier:Sprinting across the field, the touchdown was celebrated by fans. A) Celebrated by fans, sprinting across the field was the touchdown. B) Sprinting across the field, the fans celebrated the touchdown. C) The touchdown, sprinting across the field, was celebrated by fans. D) The fans, sprinting the touchdown, celebrated across the field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sprinting across the field, the fans celebrated the touchdown. 20. What is the participial phrase?Garrett grabbed his coat hanging on the hook. A) Garrett grabbed. B) On the hook. C) Grabbed his coat. D) Hanging on the hook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hanging on the hook. 21. Which is the correct punctuation for the sentence? A) Pleased with his grades Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. B) Pleased with his grades, Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. C) Pleased with his grades. Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleased with his grades, Donald's parents decided to get him a new Iphone. 22. I'm going to ride the bicycle A) In front of the tree. B) Is in front of the tree. C) In front the tree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In front of the tree. 23. In the following sentence, which word does the participial phrase modify?Running down the street, Mark followed the ice cream truck. A) Street. B) Mark. C) Truck. D) Ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mark. 24. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Heated by the sun, Earth's surface can support life. A) Life. B) Can support. C) Earth's surface. D) Heated by the sun,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heated by the sun,. 25. The girls sitting at the front of the room were gossiping. A) The girls. B) Sitting at the front of the room. C) Were gossiping. D) About what Zander did yesterday. 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