Participial Phrases Quiz 33 (19 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Participial Phrases – Quiz 33
1. Determine the participle in the following sentence:Billy refused to play baseball with the wooden bat.
A) Wooden.
B) Refused.
C) Baseball.
D) Play.
2. Which of the following sentences uses a comma correctly with a participial phrase?.
A) Running late, Sarah quickly grabbed her coat and rushed out the door.
B) Running late Sarah quickly grabbed her coat and rushed out the door.
C) Running late Sarah quickly, grabbed her coat and rushed out the door.
D) Running late Sarah, quickly grabbed her coat and rushed out the door.
3. Find the PARTICIPLE. The teacher's writing session was very helpful.
A) Writing.
B) Was.
C) Session.
D) Teacher's.
4. The audience applauded the couple skating in the competition. What is the participle?.
A) Competition.
B) Applauded.
C) Skating.
D) Audience.
5. In which sentence is a participial phrase capitalized?.
A) The house NESTLED IN THE VALLEY was built by immigrants from Sweden.
B) The house nestled in the valley was built by IMMIGRANTS FROM SWEDEN.
C) THE HOUSE nestled in the valley was built by immigrants from Sweden.
D) The house nestled in the valley WAS BUILT by immigrants from Sweden.
6. In the following sentence, what noun/pronoun does the participle "hoping" modify? Hoping to find her lost dog, Linda searched the animal shelter.
A) Shelter.
B) Animal.
C) Linda.
D) Dog.
7. Find the participial phrase:The children playing in the park belong to the school next door. (a).
A) A playing in the park.
B) In the park.
C) Belong to the school next door.
D) School next door.
8. The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
A) Participial.
B) Gerund.
9. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The girl who is wearing a red dress is my friend.
A) The girl who will wear a red dress is my friend.
B) The girl who wears a red dress is my friend.
C) The girl wearing a red dress is my friend.
D) The girl who wore a red dress is my friend.
10. Children _____ have an advantage over monolingual children.
A) Raised in bilingual families.
B) Who raised in bilingual families.
C) Raising in bilingual families.
D) Who raising in bilingual families.
11. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway.
A) Wearing the blue shirt.
B) Ran down the hallway.
C) Down the hallway.
D) The girl wearing.
12. The cat was hiding in the kitchen because it was scared by the thunderstorm.
A) Scared by the thunderstorm, the cat hid in the kitchen.
B) Hiding in the kitchen, the cat was scared by the thunderstorm.
C) Scared by the thunderstorm, the cat was hiding in the kitchen.
D) Hiding in the kitchen. The cat was scared by the thunderstorm.
13. Identify the participle in the sentence:We were awakened last night by a barking dog.
A) Were.
B) Awakened.
C) Dog.
D) Barking.
14. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Running quickly, she reached the finish line.'.
A) Running quickly.
B) She reached.
C) Finish line.
D) Reached the the finish line.
15. Where's the participial phrase?Francis, whistling quietly, learned the tune.
A) Whistling quietly.
B) Francis whistling quietly.
C) Learned the tune.
D) Francis.
16. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Jupiter, knowing her charms, nevertheless married her to Vulcan, the ugliest of the gods.
A) Knowing her charms.
B) Jupiter.
C) Ugliest of the gods.
D) Married her to Vulcan.
17. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:The Romans, having great respect for Mars, made him one of their three chief deities.
A) Having great respect for Mars.
B) Of their three chief deities.
C) The Romans.
D) Made him one.
18. Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence:The happy coach waved at the fans cheering in the upper deck.
A) Coach waved at the fans.
B) Waved at the fans.
C) The happy coach.
D) Cheering in the upper deck.
19. Identify the participial phrase:Diving near a reef, the marine biologist saw a shark.
A) Diving near a reef, .
B) The marine biologist.
C) Saw a shark.
D) None of the above.