Participial Phrases Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Participial Phrases – Quiz 26
1. Complete the sentence by adding a participial phrase in the blanks.Labor unions _____ are resisting the introduction of robots into factories. (fear the loss of jobs for their members).
A) While fearing the loss of jobs for their members.
B) Fearing the loss of jobs for their members.
C) Having feared the loss of jobs for their members).
D) As fearing the loss of jobs for their members.
2. Identify the prepositional phrase:Fred ran into the pole because he didn't watch where he was going.
A) Where he was going.
B) Into the pole.
C) Because he didn't watch.
D) With column staff.
3. Which of the following is converted into a sentence with a participial phrase? I still have several things which remains to be done.
A) I still have several things which remaining to be done.
B) I still have several things remaining to be done.
C) I still have several things which remained to be done.
D) I still have several things remains to be done.
4. Ed never stopped hoping.
A) Gerund .
B) Verb.
C) Participle.
D) None of above.
5. Refusing to give up hope, Corrie Ten Boom displayed a remarkable sense of faith to those in the Ravensbruck concentration camp.
A) Independent Clause.
B) Participial Phrase.
C) Appositive phrase.
D) Absolute Phrase.
6. He has a strong pitching arm.
A) Participle.
B) Verb.
C) Gerund.
D) None of above.
7. The annoyed proprietor yelled at the unpleasant customer. What is the participle?.
A) Annoyed.
B) Unpleasant.
C) Yelled.
D) Proprietor.
8. Change the adjective clauses to present participial phrases!The young woman, who was running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell.
A) The young woman, running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell.
B) The young woman, was running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell.
C) The young woman, is running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell.
D) The young woman, who running to catch the bus, stumbled and fell.
9. The frightened turkey ran from the man with the axe.
A) Turkey.
B) Axe.
C) Frightened.
D) Ran.
10. In the following sentence, what noun/pronoun does the participle "frozen" modify? The girl saw the frozen plants beneath the surface of the lake.
A) Surface.
B) Lake.
C) Plants.
D) Girl.
11. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:The papers, aged and yellowed, were found in the bottom of the file cabinet.
A) Aged and yellowed.
B) The papers.
C) In the bottom.
D) Of the file cabinet.
12. A word that describes a noun is called a/an _____ .
A) Participle.
B) Adverb.
C) Adjective.
D) Descriptor.
13. Which is not the rule of the subordinator in the reduced adverb clauses?.
A) Retain as when it is a time subordinator.
B) Retain before, and retain since when it is a time subordinator.
C) Delete all three reason subordinators because, since, and as.
D) Retain after, while, and when if the participial phrase follows theindependent clause. When the phrase is in another position, youmay either retain or delete these subordinators.
14. Choose the participial phrase in the sentence:Her sister, using a calm voice, told us to stand still.
A) Using a calm voice.
B) Her sister.
C) Told us to stand still.
D) Stand still.
15. Identify the participial phrase. The territory claimed by the Dutch was called New Netherlands.
A) Claimed by the Dutch.
B) The territory.
C) Was.
D) Called New Netherlands.
16. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Observing his path, they said that Ares left blood, devastation, and grief behind him.
A) Observing his path.
B) They said that Ares.
C) Left blood, devastation, and grief.
D) Behind him.
17. Identify the participial phrase. The balloon, shooting swiftly into the clouds, was soon lost to sight.
A) Shooting swiftly into the clouds.
B) The balloon.
C) Lost to sight.
D) None of above.
18. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma with a participial phrase?.
A) Excited about the upcoming concert the fans bought tickets.
B) Excited about the upcoming concert the fans bought, tickets.
C) Excited about the upcoming concert, the fans bought tickets.
D) Excited about the upcoming concert the fans, bought tickets.
19. Identify the participial phrase. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.
A) Falling off the table.
B) Ran toward the cake.
C) Falling off.
D) None of above.
20. Where's the participial phrase?I love to watch the sun rising from beneath the horizon.
A) To watch.
B) From the beneath the horizon.
C) Rising from beneath the horizon.
D) The sun rising.
21. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Running down the street, the dog chased after the ball.'.
A) Running down the street.
B) The dog chased after the ball.
C) Down the street.
D) Running after the ball.
22. An appositive phrase is a _____ phrase.
A) Verb.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) Noun.
23. Which part of the sentence is the past participial phrase? EX:Michael, overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton, his number one college, danced down the hallway.
A) Overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton.
B) Danced down the hallway.
C) His number one college.
D) Michael.
24. Where's the participial phrase?The map drawn by Carl was the most accurate one available.
A) Drawn by Carl.
B) Was the most accurate one.
C) By Carl.
D) There is none.
25. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Terrified by Ares' power, many Greeks did not like to worship him.
A) Did not like.
B) Many Greeks.
C) Terrified by Ares' power.
D) To worship him.