Participial Phrases Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Participial Phrases – Quiz 11
1. Jill's car, damaged by the wreck, was towed to a gas station. What is the participle?.
A) Wreck.
B) Damaged.
C) Car.
D) Jill's.
2. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Watching the sunset, the man's eyes filled with tears from its beauty.
A) Sunset.
B) Tears.
C) Eyes.
D) Beauty.
3. My Mom and Dad always ate my discarded Halloween candy.
A) Discarded.
B) Mom, Dad.
C) Ate.
D) Candy.
4. Choose the correct participial phrase in the sentence:'The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller.'a) written by a famous authorb) became a bestsellerc) The bookd) by a famous author.
A) Written by a famous author.
B) Became a bestseller.
C) The book.
D) By a famous author.
5. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:Looking down from the tree, the monkey could see many people.
A) The monkey could see many people.
B) Could see many people.
C) Looking down from the tree.
D) Many people.
6. Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.
A) Wilting flower.
B) At the.
C) Smiled sadly.
D) Marsha.
7. The following sentence contains no participial phrases. The police wanted to recover the valuable artwork.
A) False.
B) True.
8. Phil, worn out by his long trip, slept for twelve hours.
A) Worn out by his long trip .
B) For twelve hours.
C) By his long trip.
D) None of above.
9. Choose the participial phrase in the sentence:Walking to the store, I saw my friend. A) Walking to the store B) I saw C) My friend D) To the store.
A) I saw.
B) My friend.
C) To the store.
D) Walking to the store.
10. Tired from the track meet, the 7th grade athletes complained about everything the next day.
A) Complained about everything.
B) Tired from the track meet, .
C) Complained about everything the next day.
D) The 7th grade athletes complained.
11. Lainey, frequenting the library often, loved reading books by a new author. What interrupter are you seeing?.
A) Participial Phrase.
B) Appositive.
12. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:The house nestled in the valley was built by immigrants from Sweden.
A) Nestled in the valley.
B) Immigrants from Sweden.
C) The house.
D) Was built.
13. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Garrett grabbed his coat hanging on the hook.
A) Hook.
B) Garrett.
C) Hanging.
D) Coat.
14. Is the participle past or present? Her purring cat jumped on the fence.
A) Present.
B) Past.
15. Identify the present participial phrase:Nicholas, trying hard to pass chemistry, went to the tutoring lab.
A) Trying hard to pass chemistry .
B) Nicholas.
C) Went to the tutoring lab.
D) None of above.
16. Choose the two objects in participial phrases in two-part objects of verbs below!The police caught the young boy stealing a car.
A) The young boy and a car.
B) The police and the young boy.
C) The police and a car.
D) None of above.
17. Find the participial phrase:Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.
A) Opening the book to the last page.
B) The last page.
C) Sally read the ending.
D) Ending first.
18. Find the participle:The startled cat jumped high into the air.
A) Cat.
B) Startled.
C) Jumped.
D) Air.
19. Cooking dinner for my friends, I experimented with new flavors and ingredients.
A) Gerund.
B) Participial Phrases.
20. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) Running quickly B) The cat C) Jumped over the fence D) In the morning.
A) Jumped over the fence.
B) In the morning.
C) Running quickly.
D) The cat.
21. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:Records, cracked and warped, were in the old trunk in the attic.
A) Were.
B) Cracked.
C) Records.
22. Find the participle and/or participial phrase. Climbing slowly, we approached the top of the hill.
A) Climbing slowly.
B) Of the hill.
C) Approached the top.
D) None of above.
23. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out.
A) Quickly checking over his answers.
B) Quickly checking.
C) Handed in his test.
D) Before time ran out.
24. Which sentence contains a present participial phrase?.
A) Henry, my oldest brother, works hard.
B) Henry, trying to reach his goals, works hard.
25. The Porsche tore through the urban landscape, its wheels squealing around the sharp corners.
A) Appositive phrase.
B) Absolute Phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) Independent Clause.