Participial Phrases Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Participial Phrases – Quiz 19
1. The cheering football fans enjoyed the Thanksgiving Day game.
A) Cheering.
B) Game.
C) Enjoyed.
D) Football.
2. The young men _____ by the institute are all university graduates.
A) To employ.
B) Employed.
C) Employ.
D) Employing.
3. What is the difference between a present participial phrase and a gerund phrase?.
A) A present participle phrase acts as an adverb, while a gerund phrase acts as a verb.
B) A present participle phrase acts as an adjective, while a gerund phrase acts as a noun.
C) A present participle phrase acts as a noun, while a gerund phrase acts as an adjective.
D) A present participle phrase acts as a verb, while a gerund phrase acts as an adverb.
4. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Broken into small pieces, the vase was lying on the floor.'.
A) Broken into small pieces.
B) Lying on the floor.
C) On the floor.
D) Broken.
5. Identify the participlial phrases used in the sentence:Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.
A) Stopped.
B) Braking.
C) Hit the stopped car.
D) Baking too late.
6. Sometimes, life must be very unpleasant for people _____ near the airports.
A) To be lived.
B) Lives.
C) Living.
D) Live.
7. Find the sentence with an appositive phrase.
A) Florida, a peninsula, is about 400 miles long. .
B) Well now class, let's open our books.
C) May I borrow your hammer, Dad?.
D) None of above.
8. Which of the following sentences uses a comma correctly with a participial phrase?.
A) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, written by J.K. Rowling, is a bestseller.
B) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, written by J.K. Rowling is a bestseller.
C) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone written by J.K. Rowling, is a bestseller.
D) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone written by J.K. Rowling is a bestseller.
9. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The sparkling water splashed in our faces.
A) Faces.
B) Sparkling.
C) Water.
D) Splashed.
10. Should the word "stealing" be moved as a participle or is this sentence correct as is? "I started stealing matches from Dad.".
A) I started, stealing matches from Dad.
B) I started, stealing matches, from Dad.
C) I started stealing, matches from Dad.
D) No Change.
11. What/who does walking slowly modifies:'Walking slowly, the old man crossed the street.'.
A) Walking.
B) Slowly.
C) Crossed.
D) The old man.
12. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? Books placed onto the cart will be put back when the library closes at 5:00 p.m.
A) Books placed on the cart.
B) Will be put back.
C) Closes.
D) Placed on the cart.
13. Which sentence is constructed correctly?.
A) Studying for the test, John wondered if he could memorize all the information.
B) Studying for the test, John he wondered if he could memorize all the information.
14. Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases8. artificial illumination, cities.
A) Light pollution .
B) Visual pollution.
C) Radioactive pollution.
D) None of above.
15. Choose the sentence that contains a participial phrase.a) The sun sets in the west.b) The baby cried all night.c) The car, parked in the driveway, needs a wash.d) He ran to catch the bus.
A) B.
B) C.
C) D.
D) A.
16. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The other shoji slammed open, and unseen, Buntaro stamped away, followed by the guard.
A) Followed by the guard. .
B) The other shoji slammed open.
C) Unseen, Buntaro stamped away.
D) None of above.
17. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The path, worn smooth by millions of feet, leads to a spectacular view.
A) Worn smooth by millions of feet, leads to a spectacular view.
B) The path, worn smooth by millions of feet.
C) Worn smooth by millions of feet.
D) Leads to a spectacular view.
18. Which is the participle phrase? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
A) Clogged with dog hair.
B) Drained slowly.
C) Water.
D) None of above.
19. Which sentence has a past participial phrase?.
A) Annoyed with the long wait, Tom started to curse under his breath. .
B) Walking to the store, Jeff found a twenty dollar bill.
C) Tom, my favorite uncle, is coming to visit me next week.
D) None of above.
20. In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase in "quotes"?.
A) Birds at our feeder flew away when "they saw a hawk.".
B) The "duck was waddling across" the grassy field.
C) The colorful "birds building a nest" are orioles.
D) It is amazing that "birds are able to fly.".
21. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out.
A) Ran.
B) Test.
C) Patrick.
D) Answers.
22. Running a marathon requires a lot of endurance and dedication.
A) Participial Phrases.
B) Gerund.
23. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Mars, known to the Greeks as Ares, was the god of war.
A) Known to the Greeks as Ares.
B) Mars.
C) Was the god of war.
D) None of above.
24. What NOUN did Mrs. L use in the video?.
A) A cup.
B) The dude.
C) A cat.
D) The guy.
25. Jo practices singing daily.
A) Gerund .
B) Verb.
C) Participle.
D) None of above.