Participial Phrases Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Participial Phrases – Quiz 28
1. While it was a Monday, Aaron, thinking positively, had the mindset that it was still a good day. What interrupter are you seeing?.
A) Appositive.
B) Participial Phrase.
2. A past participial phrase usually begins with.
A) An-ed word .
B) A, an, or the.
C) An-ing word.
D) None of above.
3. Moving is always troublesome.
A) Gerund .
B) Verb.
C) Participle.
D) None of above.
4. Which dog do you want to adopt?.
A) The one lying under the table.
B) The one is lying under the table.
C) The one lying is under the table.
D) None of above.
5. Find the participle:The man shielded his eyes from the blinding sun as he stepped out of the movie theater.
A) Eyes.
B) Blinding.
C) Shielded.
D) Stepped.
6. Joe, searching for the code, was really excited.
A) Searching for the code.
B) Joe.
C) Was.
D) Really excited.
7. Joe, ( ) near the school, always walks to school.
A) Lives.
B) Living.
C) Who living.
D) Lived.
8. Participial phrases _____ .
A) End in-ing or-ed.
B) End in-ed.
C) Are not a real thing.
D) End in-ing.
9. Identify the participial phrase in this sentence:Peering over the top of his glasses, her tutor shook his head.
A) Peering over the top of his glasses.
B) Shook his head.
10. What is the ending of the present participle?.
A) -ly.
B) -in.
C) -ing.
D) -ed.
E) -ness.
11. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A) Participle.
B) Verb.
C) Gerund.
D) None of above.
12. Find the participial phrase:The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.
A) Playing in the park.
B) In the park.
C) Belong to the school next door.
D) School next door.
13. What is the participle in the following sentence:Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.
A) Falling.
B) Toward.
C) Ran.
D) Table.
14. What is the participial phrase?The crowd left the theater, inspired by the documentary.
A) Inspired by the documentary .
B) The crowd.
C) Left the theater.
D) None of above.
15. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a present participial phrase to describe a black hole?.
A) The black hole is attracting matter.
B) The black hole is formed by gravity.
C) The black hole is formed into gravity.
D) The black hole forms matter.
16. Which of the following is converted into a sentence with a participial phrase? The code which was cracked by hackers needs to be fixed.
A) The code cracked by hackers needs to be fixed.
B) The code which cracked by hackers needs to be fixed.
C) The code which cracking by hackers needs to be fixed.
D) The code was cracked by hackers needs to be fixed.
17. A black cat, hissing and scratching, jumped from the bushes and ran down the street.
A) Cat.
B) Hissing, scratching.
C) Jumped.
D) Bushes, street.
18. After unemployment He didn't have any money at that time.
A) Having been unemployed, he didn't have any money.
B) Being unemployed, he didn't have any money.
19. It is hard to believe that my favorite time of year, Christmas, is nearly here! What interrupter are you seeing?.
A) Appositive.
B) Participial Phrase.
20. Who is acting in the play?.
A) Verb.
B) Participle.
C) Gerund.
D) None of above.
21. What can be added to this sentence to make it correct? Running down the hallway, the lights were left on in the classroom.
A) All options are correct.
B) I realized.
C) Susan thought.
D) Trevor remembered.
22. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.
A) Belong to the school.
B) School next door.
C) In the park.
D) Playing in the park.
23. "I was waving triumphantly." Is waving a participle or a verb?.
A) Verb.
B) Participle.
24. Cooking dinner, the hot dogs were made by Mom.
A) Cooking dinner, the hot dogs were made, by Mom.
B) No Change.
C) Cooking dinner, Mom made hot dogs.
D) Cooking dinner the hot dogs were made by Mom.
25. Identify the participle (that functions as adjective) in the following sentence:Uprooted trees had fallen on the playground.
A) Uprooted.
B) Fallen.
C) Had fallen.
D) Uprooted trees.