Participial Phrases Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Participial Phrases – Quiz 3
1. Which of the following is a past participial phrase describing a quasar?A quasar is a _____ supermassive black hole.
A) Formed.
B) Forming.
C) Formed by.
D) None of above.
2. Choose the sentence that demonstrates correct placement of commas in a participial phrase.
A) The girl eating, an apple walked to school.
B) The girl eating an apple walked to school.
C) The girl, eating an apple, walked to school.
D) The girl eating an apple, walked to school.
3. A gifted athlete and scholar, Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam of golf while still an amateur.
A) Independent Clause.
B) Participial Phrase.
C) Absolute Phrase.
D) Appositive phrase.
4. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
A) Gazing at each other.
B) But in.
C) Love does not consist in.
5. Which of the following is a present participial phrase describing a quasar?A quasar is a supermassive black hole that is _____ energy.
A) Emitting.
B) Forming.
C) Emitting into.
D) None of above.
6. Choose the best gerund phrase to complete the following sentence.For me, the best way to stay healthy is _____ .
A) Eating sweets.
B) Being kind with others.
C) Driving too fast.
D) Exercising regularly.
7. We did not have any dinner because we wanted to watch the firework.
A) Not having any dinner because we wanted to watch the firework.
B) Wanting to watch the firework, we did not have any dinner.
C) Not having any dinner. We wanted to watch the firework.
D) Not wanting to miss the firework, we did not have any dinner.
8. Sitting in the freezer, the caveman stayed fresh.
A) Fresh.
B) Sitting.
C) Stayed.
D) Caveman.
9. Which is an example of a perfect tense verb?.
A) He has lived in Boston for several years.
B) He lived in Boston.
C) He is living in Boston now.
D) None of above.
10. What is the participle in the following sentence? Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.
A) Into.
B) Couple.
C) House.
D) Shivering.
11. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Mars, supposed to be the father of the founders of Rome, has a planet named after him.
A) Supposed to be the father of the founders of Rome.
B) Mars.
C) Has a planet.
12. What word is being described by the participle in this sentence? "I loved the way the burning flame leaped out of the red-coated tip with a pop and a hiss.".
A) Flame.
B) Way.
C) Hiss.
D) Loved.
13. Identify the participial phrase. The general, riding to the front, led the attack.
A) Riding to the front.
B) The general.
C) Led the attack.
D) None of above.
14. Identify the participle in the following sentence. Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair.
A) Getting.
B) No participle present.
C) Brushed.
D) Combed.
15. Participial phrases can like each of the following (multiple answers).
A) Noun.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
16. True or False is this a Participial Phrase?:Laughing at the funny joke.
A) True.
B) False.
17. Rue, the Australian shepherd, thinks she is a cat. What interrupter are you seeing?.
A) Appositive.
B) Participial Phrase.
18. Which of the following sentences uses a comma correctly with a participial phrase?.
A) The girl, wearing a blue dress, won the first prize.
B) The girl wearing a blue, dress won the first prize.
C) The girl, wearing a blue dress won the first prize.
D) The girl wearing a blue dress won the first prize.
19. Identify the participial phrase. Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.
A) Placing the cookies in the oven.
B) Placing the cookies.
C) Burned his arm.
D) None of above.
20. A past participle will have the following ending.
A) -ing.
B) -ed.
21. Identify the participial phrase:The store sold baked goods packaged in edible tinfoil.
A) Sold baked goods.
B) Packaged in edible tinfoil.
22. Identify the participle(s). Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.
A) Surprised.
B) Defying, levitating.
C) Levitating.
D) Defying.
23. The bread in the oven is intended for Sunday dinner.
A) Gerund.
B) Appositive.
C) Prepositional.
D) Participial.
24. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Heated by the sun, Earth's surface can support life.
A) Can support.
B) Earth's surface.
C) Heated by the sun,.
D) Life.
25. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.
A) Ending first.
B) Read the ending.
C) Opening the book.
D) Opening the book to the last page.