Participial Phrases Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Participial Phrases – Quiz 15
1. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?He started waking up before the alarm that week fresher in the morning and stronger.
A) Waking up.
B) He started.
C) Before the alarm that week.
D) Fresher in the morning and stronger.
2. Identify the participial phrase. They boarded the ship lying in the harbor.
A) Lying in the harbor .
B) They boarded.
C) The ship lying.
D) None of above.
3. Choose the participle below that would complete the meaning of the sentence. The powerful engine made a noise like a lion _____ .
A) Roaring.
B) Roar.
C) Roared.
D) To roar.
4. Choose the participle in the following sentence:Knowing his aptitude, he should have scored more runs.
A) Knowing.
B) Scored.
C) Runs.
D) His aptitude.
5. Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? He stared at the girl next to the vending machine wearing dark glasses.
A) No.
B) Yes.
6. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride, a fourteen-year-old became a squire.
A) Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride .
B) Demonstrating his ability to hunt.
C) Demonstrating his ability.
D) None of above.
7. In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase capitalized?.
A) It is amazing that BIRDS ARE ABLE TO FLY.
B) Birds at our feeder flew away when THEY SAW A HAWK.
C) The colorful BIRDS BUILDING A NEST are orioles.
D) The DUCK WAS WADDLING ACROSS the grassy field.
8. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The boy who is holding a basketball is my brother.
A) My brother, holding a basketball, is the boy.
B) The boy, not holding a basketball, is my brother.
C) My brother, who is not holding a basketball, is the boy.
D) The boy holding a basketball is not my brother.
9. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a present participial phrase to describe a quasar?.
A) The quasar is formed by a supermassive black hole.
B) The quasar forms energy.
C) The quasar is emitting energy.
D) The quasar is formed into a supermassive black hole.
10. Which phrase in the sentence serves as a participial phrase? Changing all of his plans, Ricky realized how much COVID had impacted his social life.
A) "Changing all of his plans".
B) "realized how much".
C) "COVID had impacted".
D) "his social life".
11. The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on. The participle in this sentence is _____ .
A) Crying.
B) Finally.
C) Favorite.
D) Important.
12. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
A) Sky.
B) Prey.
C) Bats.
D) Night.
13. Past participles are removable. Verbs are not. Which sentence shows a removable past participle?.
A) Around her waist was a wide pink ribbon, tied in back with a bow.
B) A wide pink ribbon was tied in back with a bow.
14. Working hard all day, the boys finished the job by dinner time.
A) Working hard all day .
B) By dinner time.
C) All day.
D) None of above.
15. What is the participial phrase?The dog, sniffing in the backyard, could not find his bone.
A) Sniffing in the backyard.
B) The dog.
C) Could not find his bone.
D) None of above.
16. A present participial phrase _____ be removed from a sentence.
A) Cannot.
B) Can.
17. Choose the sentence that demonstrates correct placement of commas in a participial phrase.
A) The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller.
B) The book written by a famous author became a bestseller.
C) The book written by a famous author, became a bestseller.
D) The book written, by a famous author became a bestseller.
18. I have been shopping for new shoes.
A) Verb.
B) Participle.
C) Gerund.
D) None of above.
19. Where is the best place to add this participial phrase "talking to my family" in the sentence "I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire"?.
A) I can't live in fear, talking to my family, of something as basic as fire.
B) I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire taking to my family.
C) I can't live in fear of something, talking to my family, as basic as fire.
D) Talking to my family, I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire.
20. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept for twelve hours.
A) Exhausted by her effort.
B) Myra slept for twelve hours.
C) Slept for twelve hours.
D) Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept.
21. On Thanksgiving Day, the decorated table was beautiful.
A) Decorated.
B) Fall.
C) Colors.
D) Table.
22. A present participle will have the following ending:.
A) -ed.
B) -ing.
23. What is the participial phrase?Recognizing an old friend, Mark made sure to stop and say hi.
A) Recognizing an old friend.
B) Mark mad sure to stop.
C) Stop and say hi.
D) None of above.
24. Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment?.
A) Running to the bus stop.
B) He enjoys hiking in the mountains.
C) She went to the store.
D) The cat sat on the windowsill.
25. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?A wide pink ribbon was tied in back with a bow.
A) Neither .
B) Past.
C) Present.
D) None of above.