Participial Phrases Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Participial Phrases – Quiz 32
1. In which sentence is a pronoun and participial phrase in "quotes?".
A) "Hearing the noise, she" turned around quickly.
B) The pilot was "landing her plane" on the runway.
C) "He saw his friends kicking" a soccer ball around.
D) Does your friend know where "he is going?".
2. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?Hated by the Federalists, John Quincey Adams returned to private life.
A) Past.
B) Present.
C) Neither.
D) None of above.
3. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?The captain during touchdown worried about skidding left and right with sparks flying everywhere.
A) Neither .
B) Past.
C) Present.
D) None of above.
4. Staring out the window at the rain, Bob became more and more impatient.
A) Staring out the window at the rain.
B) At the rain.
C) More and more impatient.
D) None of above.
5. The team has a slim chance of finishing in the top four.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.
6. What does MODIFY mean?.
A) Change.
B) Make something better.
C) Copied.
D) Rotate.
7. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Andrea, waking from a dream, cried fearfully.
A) Waking from a dream.
B) Waking from a dream, cried fearfully.
C) Andrea cried fearfully.
D) Andrea, waking from a dream.
8. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Noted for her beauty, Venus was sought by all the gods as a wife.
A) Noted for her beauty.
B) Venus what.
C) Sought by all.
D) The gods as a wife.
9. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?Knocking over the trashcan, the raccoon ate the leftovers.
A) Knocking.
B) Leftovers.
C) Raccoon.
D) Trashcan.
10. Find the sentence with a past participial phrase.
A) Chewed to the quick, Sally's finger nail bled.
B) Dancing in the rain, Don Lockwood smiled dreamily.
C) The Declaration of Independence, a national treasure, is in Washington DC.
D) None of above.
11. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Stunned by the last-minute touchdown, the crowd began to file slowly out of the stadium.
A) Out of the stadium.
B) The crowd.
C) Began to file slowly.
D) The last-minute touchdown.
12. Pork and beans canned in tomato sauce is my favorite.
A) Canned in tomato sauce.
B) Pork and beans.
C) Is.
D) My favorite.
13. What is the participial phrase?Watching the sunset, the man's eyes filled with tears from its beauty.
A) Watching the sunset.
B) Filled with tears.
C) From its beauty.
D) Watching.
14. Verbs are removable. Present participles are not. Which sentence shows a removable present participle?.
A) He was clearing his throat loudly.
B) Clearing his throat loudly, he stepped out from behind the bookshelves.
15. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The curtains closed at the end of the play, bringing the night of theater to an end.
A) Closed at the end.
B) End of the play.
C) Bringing the night of theater to an end.
D) To an end.
16. Food sealed in cans was given to the campers.
A) Was.
B) Given.
C) Campers.
D) Sealed.
17. My grandfather and his friends enjoy swimming at the beach.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.
18. Identify the prepositional phrase:Mary ran around the corner to meet her friends.
A) Her friends.
B) Ran around.
C) Around the corner.
D) To meet.
19. I felt very worried while reading the letter.
A) Reading the letter, I was very nervous.
B) Having read the letter, I was very nervous.
20. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:Excited about the trip, Sarah packed her bags. A) Excited about the trip B) Sarah packed C) Her bags D) Packed her bags.
A) Sarah packed.
B) Excited about the trip.
C) Packed her bags.
D) Her bags.
21. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Sparkling brightly, the sunlight made us squint.
A) Made us squint.
B) Us.
C) Sparkling brightly, .
D) The sunlight.
22. What is the definition of presumptuous?.
A) Too confident, especially in a way that is rude; arrogant.
B) Feeling doubt, uncertainty, or suspicion.
C) Silly or not serious; not important.
D) Readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence.
23. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:Carefully painted and decorated, the artwork glittered in the sunlight.
A) Carefully painted and decorated.
B) Carefully painted.
C) The artwork glittered.
D) In the sunlight.
24. Identify the participle in the sentence:Laughing, the boys raced across the court.
A) Court.
B) Across.
C) Raced.
D) Laughing.
25. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Amused but reluctant to show how I felt, I tried to stifle my grin.
A) But reluctant to show how I felt.
B) I tried to stifle my grin.
C) My grin.
D) Amused but reluctant to show how I felt.