This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The dog, barking loudly, scared the mailman.' A) Loudly. B) Scared. C) Dog. D) Mailman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog. 2. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The students, excited for the holiday, left early.' A) Students. B) Excited. C) Holiday. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students. 3. Words that are formed from verbs but don't act as verbs are called ..... A) Verbals. B) Gerbils. C) Ferrets. D) Forbles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbals. 4. What is the participle phrase?Have you ever had an X-ray taken by a doctor or dentist? A) Have you ever had an X-ray. B) By a doctor or dentist. C) Taken by a doctor or dentist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taken by a doctor or dentist. 5. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The dog, barking loudly, chased the mailman. A) Barking loudly. B) Loudly barking. C) Chased the mailman. D) The dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barking loudly. 6. The cheering football fans enjoyed the Thanksgiving Day game. A) Cheering. B) Game. C) Enjoyed. D) Football. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheering. 7. Choose the sentence that correctly uses commas with appositive phrases. A) My friend, Sam is a talented artist. B) My friend Sam, is a talented artist. C) My friend Sam is a talented artist. D) My friend, Sam, is a talented artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My friend, Sam, is a talented artist. 8. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Maria, walking slowly along the beach, collected colorful shells. A) Walking slowly along the beach. B) Walking slowly. C) Collected colorful shells. D) Along the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking slowly along the beach. 9. Three teenagers treated in the emergency room yesterday required stitches. A) Three teenagers. B) Required. C) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. D) Stitches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treated in the emergency room yesterday. 10. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Having finished the assignment, Jenna was able to go to the party. A) Having finished the assignment. B) Having finished. C) Jenna was able to go to the party. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having finished the assignment. 11. If there is a participial phrase, punctuate it. If not, choose no change:Mom working on a painting could not fix dinner for me. A) No change. B) Mom working on a painting, could not fix dinner for me. C) Mom, working on a painting, could not fix dinner for me. D) Mom working on a painting could not fix dinner, for me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mom, working on a painting, could not fix dinner for me. 12. Which is the participial phrase?The tourists, standing on top of the mountain, admired the wonderful view. A) Standing on top of the mountain. B) The tourists standing. C) On top of the mountain. D) Admired the wonderful view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Standing on top of the mountain. 13. Identify the participle 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preparing for the weather. 14. What is the participle in this sentence?The screaming ghost startled all the children. A) The. B) Screaming. C) Ghost. D) Startled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Screaming. 15. Choose the sentence where the participial phrase is correctly placed. A) Lost in the forest, the map was useless to them. B) They found the map useless, lost in the forest. C) The map, lost in the forest, was useless to them. D) The map was useless to them, lost in the forest.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The map was useless to them, lost in the forest.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. 16. Present participles are removable. Gerunds (-ing noun phrases) are not. Which sentence shows a removable present participle? A) Feeling so much better after the nap, Gunster dressed and went out. B) Feeling so much better after the nap relieved Gunster. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling so much better after the nap, Gunster dressed and went out. 17. What is the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The letter, sealed with a kiss, was kept in the drawer'? A) Letter. B) Sealed. C) Kiss. D) Drawer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Letter. 18. Being alone, I turned on the radio for company. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 19. Consider the sentence "Lost in his thoughts, Mark almost missed his stop on the train." Identify the participial phrase and assess how it enhances the narrative tension. A) Lost in his thoughts. B) Mark almost missed. C) His stop on the train. D) On the trainTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost in his thoughts. 20. Identify the participle(s).Holding open the elevator doors, the kind man smiled at the tired mother. A) Holding. B) Smiled. C) Tired. D) Holding, tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holding, tired. 21. His hands trembling from exhaustion, Jake finally finished his last rep at the gym. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute Phrase. 22. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'Lost in thought, he didn't hear the teacher calling his name.' A) Thinking deeply,. B) Lost in thought. C) He didn't hear. D) Found in the classroom,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost in thought. 23. 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. 24. Participial Phrases are a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifiers/complements that accompany it. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 25. Select the sentence that contains a present participial phrase with a direct object. A) Wanting a cookie, he risked punishment. B) Balancing on his tiptoes, the toddler reached for the cookie jar. C) The cookie jar was empty. D) He risked punishment. 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