This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a dangling participial phrase? A) A phrase that clearly modifies a noun or pronoun in the sentence. B) A phrase that does not clearly and logically modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence, often leading to confusion. C) A phrase that is always placed at the beginning of a sentence. D) A phrase that provides additional information but is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A phrase that does not clearly and logically modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence, often leading to confusion. 2. The little child ( ) the bad news cried for a long time. A) Told. B) Tells. C) Who told. D) Who tells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 3. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Miss Perry, talking about participial phrases, tripped over the pencil. A) Miss Perry. B) Talking. C) Pencil. D) Phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miss Perry. 4. Dave Grohl who is the lead singer and guitarist for the Foo Fighters previously played drums for Nirvana. A) Correct as is. B) Add comma after Foo Fighters'. C) Add comma after 'Grohl and singer'. D) Add comma after 'Grohl and Fighters'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add comma after 'Grohl and Fighters'. 5. Identify the participial phrase.The thief, being detected, surrendered to the officer. A) The thief. B) Being detected. C) Surrendered to the office. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being detected. 6. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:By the twelfth century, a program challenging to both mind and body had been developed. A) A program challenging. B) Challenging to both mind and body. C) Challenging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Challenging to both mind and body. 7. Cooking dinner, the food was made by Mom. A) No Change. B) Cooking dinner, Mom made the food. C) Cooking dinner, the food was made, by Mom. D) Cooking dinner the food was made by Mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooking dinner, Mom made the food. 8. Find the Participle in the following sentence:My school is working hard to prepare us for testing day. A) Working. B) Hard. C) Prepare. D) Testing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testing. 9. Are you going to buy those shoes? A) I mean, the ones are in the shoebox?. B) I mean, the ones in the shoebox?. C) I mean, one in the shoebox?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I mean, the ones in the shoebox?. 10. Which part of the sentence is a participle? We should volunteer to rebuild the destroyed homes from Hurricane Harvey. A) Should. B) Rebuild. C) Destroyed. D) We should volunteer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destroyed. 11. Coming into the room, the boy threw his books on the desk. A) On the desk. B) The boy. C) Threw his books. D) Coming into the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coming into the room. 12. After waiting for an hour, Martha finally arrived A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 13. Identify the participial phrase. Searching for the code, Jonathan, was really excited. A) Jonathan. B) Searching for the code. C) Was. D) Really excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Searching for the code. 14. A past participial phrase is used as ..... A) An adjective. B) A noun. C) A verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adjective. 15. Their faith established in God's holy word, the pilgrims set out from England to be a beacon of hope in the new world. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute Phrase. 16. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:The children, fidgeting noisily, waited eagerly for recess. A) The children. B) Fidgeting noisily. C) Waited eagerly. D) For recess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fidgeting noisily. 17. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Yesterday after school, Paul raked the lawn covered in leaves. A) School. B) Lawn. C) Paul. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lawn. 18. Which of the following is a present participial phrase describing a quasar?A quasar is a supermassive black hole that is ..... energy. A) Forming. B) Emitting. C) Emitting into. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emitting. 19. The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 20. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) Having finished the assignment. B) Before the sunset. C) In the morning. D) The quick brown foxTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having finished the assignment. 21. Which sentence has a past participial phrase? A) Walking to the store, Jeff found a twenty dollar bill. B) Tom, my favorite uncle, is coming to visit me next week. C) Annoyed with the long wait, Tom started to curse under his breath. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyed with the long wait, Tom started to curse under his breath. 22. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.Barry, eating at the counter, looked up to see Susan. A) Barry, eating at the counter, looked. B) Looked up. C) Eating at the counter. D) Looked up to see Susan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating at the counter. 23. * Which choice combines these two sentences by using a participle phrase?We did research at the library. We used our findings to make outlines. A) We did research at the library, and we used our findings to make outlines. B) After we did research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines. C) Having done research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines. D) . Doing research at the library was our first step before making outlines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having done research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines. 24. Which sentence correctly uses a past participial phrase? A) The phone, drop on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. B) The phone, dropped on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. C) The phone, dropping on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. D) The phone, drops on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The phone, dropped on the sidewalk, now has a cracked screen. 25. Select the sentence with the correctly placed participial phrase. A) The man, repairing the roof, fell. B) Repairing the roof, the man fell. C) The man fell, repairing the roof. D) Fell the man, repairing the roof.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repairing the roof, the man fell. ← 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 9Participial Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books