Participial Phrases Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Participial Phrases – Quiz 29
1. Moaning and groaning, the guests proclaimed the Thanksgiving feast a huge success.
A) Moaning, groaning.
B) Proclaimed.
C) Feast, success.
D) Thanksgiving.
2. Find the sentence with an appositive phrase.
A) Palm Beach, vacation spot, is on Florida's east coast. .
B) The wearing of shorts, I believe, was started by the English.
C) Business people wore shorts to the office, for example.
D) None of above.
3. Portia was her first acting role.
A) Participle.
B) Verb.
C) Gerund.
D) None of above.
4. Should the word "surprised" be moved as a participle or is this sentence correct as is? "The neighbor lady was surprised that I didn't run from any fire I saw.".
A) "The neighbor lady, that I didn't run from any fire I saw, was surprised.".
B) No change.
C) "The neighbor lady was, surprised, that I didn't run from any fire I saw.".
D) "Surprised, the neighbor lady was that I didn't run from any fire I saw.".
5. The screaming ghost startled all the children.
A) Startled.
B) Never.
C) Screaming.
D) Children.
6. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'The broken window was replaced by the handyman.'.
A) Broken window.
B) Replaced by the handyman.
C) The broken.
D) Window was replaced.
7. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Swimming, another aquatic sport, demands physical endurance.
A) There is no participial phrase. .
B) Swimming, another aquatic sport.
C) Swimming.
D) None of above.
8. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the following sentence:An experienced scuba diver, Chrissy Gibson had gone on ten expeditions to unexplored areas of the Caribbean, an underwater adventure.
A) An experienced scuba diver.
B) Chrissy Gibson had gone on ten expeditions.
C) To unexplored areas of the Caribbean.
9. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the following sentence:Stephen gave his big sister Karen some tasty candies from his birthday party at the mall, an assortment of creams and caramels.
A) An assortment of creams and caramels.
B) Stephen gave his big sister Karen.
C) Some tasty candies.
D) From his birthday party at the mall.
10. * Which choice combines these two sentences by using a participle phrase?We did research at the library. We used our findings to make outlines.
A) Having done research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines.
B) We did research at the library, and we used our findings to make outlines.
C) After we did research at the library, we used our findings to make outlines.
D) . Doing research at the library was our first step before making outlines.
11. What is the phase in red below:Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster.
A) Gerund.
B) Participial.
12. What is a participle?.
A) An adverb formed from a verb.
B) A noun formed from a verb.
C) An adjective formed from a verb.
D) A verb formed from a noun.
13. Identify the past participle in the sentence:She found a buried treasure in the old castle.
A) Buried.
B) Old.
C) Found.
D) None of above.
14. Pictures moving across the screen came later.
A) Pictures.
B) Came.
C) Later.
D) Moving across the screen.
15. _____ , Badui Dalam People walk long distance when they travel.
A) Not allowed to use any kind of transportation.
B) Not to be allowed to use any kind of transportation.
C) Not allowing to use any kind of transportation.
D) Not allow to use any kind of transportation.
16. Identify the participle in the sentence:The annoyed teacher fussed at the students.
A) Fussed.
B) Annoyed.
C) Students.
D) No participle.
17. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Jill and Terrie tired from working out decided to take a nap.
A) Tired from working out.
B) The day.
C) Decided to take.
D) Jill and Terrie.
18. Kahley, trying to keep calm, did not yell at Pierce when he took a pencil from her desk. What interrupter are you seeing?.
A) Participial Phrase.
B) Appositive.
19. Find the participle phrase:Walking to the car, I tripped on a roller skate.
A) On a roller skate.
B) To the car.
C) Tripped.
D) Walking to the car.
20. Past participles _____ .
A) End in-ed.
B) End in-ing.
C) End in-ing or-ed.
D) None of above.
21. Identify the participle:"The baking bread smelled delicious.".
A) Smelled.
B) Delicious.
C) Baking.
D) Bread.
22. The woman waved her hand to ward off the flies.
A) Waving her hand, she tried to keep the flies away.
B) Having waved her hand, she tried to keep the flies away.
23. Are you going to buy those shoes?.
A) I mean, the ones in the shoebox?.
B) I mean, the ones are in the shoebox?.
C) I mean, one in the shoebox?.
D) None of above.
24. Which sentence is correct?.
A) We got on the bus soaked by the rain.
B) Soaked by the rain, we got on the bus.
25. Identify the participle in the sentence:Can you find a new reading exercise?.
A) Find.
B) Reading.
C) You.
D) Exercise.