Participial Phrases Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Participial Phrases – Quiz 21
1. Whose reports have you checked?.
A) The ones that belong to the girl drinking a glass of water.
B) The ones that belongs to the girl dinking a glass of water.
C) The one that belongs to the girl drinking a glass of water.
D) None of above.
2. Burning on the table the candle flame was bright.
A) Burning on the table, the candle flame was bright.
B) No Change.
C) Burning, on the table, the candle flame was bright.
D) Burning on the table the candle flame, was bright.
3. Past participles often end in _____ .
A) -es.
B) -ed.
C) -ing.
D) -s.
4. News reported by the tabloids is often fictitious.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.
5. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:They saw both land and people destroyed by him.
A) Destroyed by him .
B) They saw.
C) Both land and people.
D) None of above.
6. A present participial phrase _____ .
A) Begins with an-ing word.
B) Begins with an-ed word.
C) Begins with a, an, or the.
D) None of above.
7. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?After making ten birds, Sadako lined them up on the table beside the golden crane.
A) Beside the golden crane.
B) Making ten birds.
C) Sadako lined them up on the table.
D) After making ten birds.
8. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?We caught two bass, hauling them in briskly as though they were mackerel, pulling them over the side of the boat and stunning them with a blow on the back of the head.
A) We caught two bass.
B) Hauling them in briskly as though they were mackerel.
9. Participles may appear as one word or as part of a phrase in a sentence.
A) True.
B) False.
10. Choose the sentence that demonstrates correct placement of commas in a participial phrase.
A) The child, holding a balloon, ran across the park.
B) The child holding a balloon, ran across the park.
C) The child holding, a balloon ran across the park.
D) The child holding a balloon ran across the park.
11. Mrs. Leiva, a chocolate-loving fool, could not resist the Dove peanut butter squares that were sitting on the table. What interrupter do you see?.
A) Appositive.
B) Participial Phrase.
12. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Struggling to tie her shoes, Rylie asked Max for help.
A) Max.
B) Struggling.
C) Shoes.
D) Rylie.
13. What is the appropriate adjective clause for the sentence:"The crying baby finally fell asleep.".
A) Who was crying.
B) Who is finally asleep.
14. Identify participial phrase:Pork and beans canned in tomato sauce is my favorite.
A) Is my favorite.
B) Canned in tomato sauce.
15. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper.I found a dollar walking home.
A) Participial phrase.
B) Misplaced modifier.
16. Singing in the shower is my favorite way to start the day.
A) Gerund.
B) Participial Phrases.
17. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.
A) Falling off the table.
B) The cake.
C) Toward.
D) Max.
18. Find the sentence with the prepositional phrase.
A) The truck backed over the log.
B) Here is a good view of Chicago.
C) That bright object must be the North Star.
D) None of above.
19. The Halls are moving away.
A) Verb.
B) Participle.
C) Gerund.
D) None of above.
20. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Around her waist was a wide pink ribbon, tied in back with a bow.
A) Past.
B) Present.
C) Neither.
D) None of above.
21. Writing a novel, I discovered the power of storytelling.
A) Participial Phrases.
B) Gerund.
22. What is the participial phrase?Garrett grabbed his coat hanging on the hook.
A) Grabbed his coat.
B) On the hook.
C) Hanging on the hook.
D) Garrett grabbed.
23. Coming into the room, the boy threw his books on the desk.
A) Coming into the room.
B) On the desk.
C) The boy.
D) Threw his books.
24. Identify the participial phrase. Wealth acquired dishonestly will prove a curse.
A) Acquired dishonestly.
B) Wealth acquired.
C) Prove a curse.
D) None of above.
25. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. Running for the bus, my book fell in the mud.
A) Dangling participle.
B) Misplaced modifier.