Participial Phrases Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Participial Phrases – Quiz 4
1. Find the infinitive in the following sentence. When Misty learned to drive, she took her little brother to the park on weekends.
A) To drive.
B) To the park.
C) Took her little brother.
D) None of above.
2. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Bothered by roaches, I called an exterminator.
A) I.
B) By roaches.
C) Called.
D) An exterminator.
3. Identify the participial phrase:Three teenagers treated in the emergency room yesterday required stitches.
A) Treated in the emergency room yesterday.
B) Required stitches.
C) In the emergency room.
D) None of above.
4. The little child ( ) the bad news cried for a long time.
A) Who told.
B) Told.
C) Tells.
D) Who tells.
5. The girls sitting at the front of the room were gossiping.
A) Sitting at the front of the room.
B) The girls.
C) Were gossiping.
D) About what Zander did yesterday.
6. Which of the following is properly punctuated?.
A) The reward, announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money.
B) The reward announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money.
C) The reward, announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money.
D) The reward announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money.
7. _____ by not more than 40 families. Kampung Naga Is unique village In West Java.
A) Inhabits.
B) Inhabiting.
C) Inhabited.
D) They inhabit.
8. What is being identified by the following appositive:I walked along Gilman Street, the best street in town.
A) Place.
B) Person.
C) Thing.
D) None of above.
9. Write a sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective to describe a car.
A) The car, painted with metallic silver, gleamed in the sunlight.
B) The car, running at top speed, won the race.
C) The car, singing loudly, drove down the street.
D) The car, covered in peanut butter, looked delicious.
10. Which sentence contains a gerund phrase?.
A) Finding a third would be historic.
B) This was big news for the world of astronomy-and for the world as a whole.
C) Of the eight known planets, only two were discovered in modern times.
D) . The new planet would orbit the Sun every 15, 000 years.
11. Fill in the blank with the past participle: _____ by hate, he lashed out with a knife.
A) Blinding.
B) Blinded.
C) Blind.
D) Having blind.
12. Holding open the elevator doors, the man smiled at the mother.
A) Holding open the elevator doors.
B) The mother.
C) Smiled at the mother.
D) Elevator doors.
13. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a present participial phrase to describe a nebula?.
A) The nebula is formed into stars.
B) The nebula is forming stars.
C) The nebula is formed by stars.
D) The nebula forms stars.
14. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?.
A) John, excited about the concert, rushed to the front of the audience. .
B) John, excited about the concert. Rushed to the front of the audience.
C) John excited about the concert rushed to the front of the audience.
D) None of above.
15. Running a marathon, I pushed my body to the limit.
A) Participial Phrases.
B) Gerund.
16. Find the sentence with a prepositional phrase.
A) In the Middle Ages, every royal court had a clown.
B) Suddenly my hat flew off.
C) Sunny days and cool nights come in September.
D) Sunny days and cool nights come in September.
17. Identify the participle in the sentence:We all agree that this is a growing problem.
A) Growing.
B) All.
C) Agree.
D) Problem.
18. What is the participial phrase?Hiding under the blanket, the cat meowed during the storm.
A) Meowed during the storm.
B) During the storm.
C) Hiding under the blanket.
D) Under the blanket.
19. What is being identified by the following appositive:A bald slight man, he reminded me of a baby bird.
A) Person.
B) Place.
C) Thing.
D) None of above.
20. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. She picked up trash thrown by careless motorists.
A) She picked up trash.
B) Thrown by careless.
C) Trash thrown by careless motorists.
D) Thrown by careless motorists.
21. For dinner, Cindy enjoyed a hamburger topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup.
A) Topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup.
B) Enjoyed a hamburger.
C) For dinner.
D) Hamburger.
22. Is the highlighted word/phrase a VERB or a PARTICIPLE? Cindy appeared very graceful while she was jumping over the hurdles.
A) Participle/participle phrase.
B) Verb/verb phrase.
23. A participle can end in _____ .
A) -ing or-ed.
B) -tion or-y.
C) -ly.
D) None of above.
24. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your own paper. Slipping her foot into the slipper, her stepsisters glared at Cinderella.
A) Dangling participle.
B) Misplaced modifier.
25. Participial phrases, like adjective clauses, can be restrictive (necessary) or nonrestrictive (unnecessary). If the original clause is nonrestrictive, the phrase is _____ .
A) Nonrestrictive.
B) Restrictive.