Participial Phrases Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Participial Phrases – Quiz 13
1. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:Recently released, the movie has not yet come to our local theaters.
A) Has come.
B) Recently released.
C) The movie.
D) To our local theaters.
2. In the following sentence, which word does the participle modify? The paper airplane, swirling above our heads, finally crashed into the rear wall.
A) Airplane.
B) Heads.
C) Wall.
D) None of above.
3. What does a participial phrase always function as?.
A) A verb.
B) A noun.
C) An adjective.
D) An adverb.
4. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma with a participial phrase?.
A) Surprised by the unexpected news she, started crying.
B) Surprised by the unexpected news she started crying.
C) Surprised by the unexpected news she started, crying.
D) Surprised by the unexpected news, she started crying.
5. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the following sentence:Fudge, a portly little man in a long, pinstriped cloak, looked cold and exhausted.
A) A portly little man in a long, pinstriped cloack.
B) Fudge.
C) Looked cold and exhausted.
D) None of above.
6. Select the absolute phrase in the sentence. I flipped through the pages, my eyes filling with tears, of the old photo album.
A) Of the old photo album.
B) My eyes filling with tears.
C) Flipped through the pages.
D) I flipped through the pages.
7. The growling of the chained dogs made me uneasy.
A) Participial phrase.
B) Gerund phrase.
8. Which sentence has a past participial phrase?.
A) Confused about the assignment, Tom stayed after school for help.
B) Tom stayed after school because he was confused about the assignment.
C) Tom was confused about the assignment and stayed after school for help.
D) Tom was confused about the assignment.
9. Identify the participle:"Shaped like a flag, the sand sculpture won first prize.".
A) Won.
B) Like.
C) Shaped.
D) First.
10. What type of phrase is in blue?The noise seemed to grow louder.
A) Infinitive phrase.
B) Prepositional phrase.
11. Driven from their homelands, many people each year seek refuge in the United States.
A) Driven from their homelands .
B) In the United States.
C) Each year.
D) None of above.
12. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
A) Sweeping across the night sky, .
B) The bats hunted.
C) Their prey.
D) None of above.
13. 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) B.
B) D.
C) C.
D) A.
14. What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence? Swinging back and forth, the girls played on the swing set for hours.
A) Girls.
B) Hours.
C) Back.
D) Swing set.
15. In the sentence 'The crying baby was comforted by her mother', what is the participial phrase and what word does it modify?.
A) Crying baby modifies the word baby.
B) Laughing toddler modifies the word crying.
C) Sleeping cat modifies the word comforted.
D) Running dog modifies the word mother.
16. The old man is sitting under the tree. He is chatting with his old friends.
A) Sitting under the tree, the old man chat with his old friends.
B) Having sat under the tree, the old man was chatting with his old friends.
C) Sitting under the tree, the old man is chatting with his old friends.
D) Sitting under the tree. The old man is chatting with his old friends.
17. How does a participial phrase function in a sentence?.
A) It is the action in the sentence.
B) It describes the noun next to it.
C) It renames the noun in front of it.
D) It shows a relationship between two words.
18. Who/what is modified by the participial phrase:'Surrounded by beautiful flowers, the house looked picturesque.'.
A) The house.
B) Surrounded.
C) Beautiful flowers.
D) Picturesque.
19. Identify the participial phrase. Burgoyne, having been surrounded at Saratoga, surrendered to General Gates.
A) Having been surrounded at Saratoga.
B) Burgoyne.
C) Surrendered to General Gates.
D) None of above.
20. Cooking dinner for my friends is always a fun challenge.
A) Participial Phrases.
B) Gerund.
21. Adjectives are words that describe _____ and _____ .
A) Nouns and pronouns .
B) An action.
C) A person, place, or idea.
D) None of above.
22. Identify the participle:"Under a pile of magazines lay the forgotten letter.".
A) Pile.
B) Forgotten.
C) Lay.
D) Under.
23. Is the highlighted word/phrase a VERB or a PARTICIPLE? Jill and Terry were tired from working out in the yard.
A) Verb/verb phrase.
B) Participle/participle phrase.
24. What is the participial phrase?Kelli and Camden had to pick up the puzzle pieces scattered on the floor.
A) On the floor.
B) Pick up the puzzle pieces.
C) Pieces scattered on the floor.
D) Scattered on the floor.
25. A few days after the interview, Daniel received a letter _____ him a job.
A) Offered.
B) Was offering.
C) Offering.
D) Offers.