Participial Phrases Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Participial Phrases – Quiz 7
1. Select all the possible answers.How are participial phrases and appositive phrases alike?.
A) Both are used as adjectives to describe nouns and pronouns.
B) They are used to describe verbs.
C) None of above.
2. Identify the participlial phrases used in the sentence:For dinner Maurice enjoyed a hamburger topped with pickles, onions, and mustard.
A) Topped with pickles, onions, and mustard.
B) Enjoyed, topped.
C) Topped.
D) Enjoyed, topped.
3. A past participial phrase is used as _____ .
A) An adjective.
B) A noun.
C) A verb.
D) None of above.
4. Bruno hates shopping.
A) Gerund .
B) Verb.
C) Participle.
D) None of above.
5. Identify the participial phrases. Washington, having crossed the Delaware, attacked the Hessians stationed at Trenton.
A) Stationed at Trenton.
B) Having crossed the Delaware.
C) Washington.
D) Attacked the Hessians.
6. Which of the following job descriptions require the employee to NOT be hospitable.
A) Bodyguard.
B) Waitress.
C) Mall Santa.
D) Nurse.
7. Writing a novel can be a daunting task, but also incredibly rewarding.
A) Gerund.
B) Participial Phrases.
8. A participle is a verb form that functions like an adjective or adverb.
A) True.
B) False.
9. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I was always looking for broken sticks.".
A) Sticks.
B) Broken.
C) Looking.
D) Always.
10. Identify the participial phrase. Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.
A) Placing her money on the counter.
B) Placing her money.
C) Smiled at the clerk.
D) None of above.
11. The flying insect was a nuisance. What is the participle?.
A) The.
B) Flying.
C) Insect.
D) Nuisance.
12. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.4. I, having auditioned yesterday, waited for the results. (a).
A) Auditioned yesterday.
B) Waited for the results.
C) For the results.
D) A having auditioned yesterday.
13. The perfect tenses always use the helping verb _____ .
A) To be.
B) To have.
14. An appositive phrase identifies a _____ in a sentence (multiple answers).
A) Place.
B) Event.
15. Give an example of a participial phrase.
A) Running.
B) Quickly.
C) Running quickly.
D) Run quickly.
16. A:The result of the English exam is very good.B:It's due to the newly _____ teaching method.
A) Is implemented.
B) Is implementing.
C) Implemented.
D) Implementing.
17. After the great Capulet feast, Romeo scaled the fortified walls to see Juliet once again, hoping to express his undying love to the fair young lady.
A) Absolute Phrase.
B) Appositive phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) Independent Clause.
18. What is the participial phrase?Yesterday after school, Paul raked the lawn covered in leaves.
A) In leaves.
B) Covered in leaves.
C) Raked the lawn.
D) Yesterday after school.
19. The team is hoping for a win.
A) Verb.
B) Participle.
C) Gerund.
D) None of above.
20. The gravy needs stirring.
A) Gerund .
B) Verb.
C) Participle.
D) None of above.
21. Change the adjective clauses to past participial phrases!The two women, who were dressed in their Sunday best, proceeded on to church.
A) The two women were dressed in their Sunday best, proceeded on to church.
B) The two women dressed in their Sunday best proceeded on to church.
C) The two women, dressed in their Sunday best, proceeded on to church.
D) The two women who were dressed in their Sunday best proceeded on to church.
22. The window pane _____ by Dizkri has not been repaired yet.
A) Was broken.
B) Broke.
C) Broken.
D) Breaking.
23. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing.
A) Frozen over all winter.
B) The lake, frozen.
C) Was finally.
D) Thawing.
24. The perfect tenses are always formed with the _____ .
A) The past participle.
B) The present participle.
C) The past tense.
D) None of above.
25. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The car, parked in the driveway, needed a wash. A) The car B) Parked in the driveway C) Needed a wash D) In the driveway.
A) Parked in the driveway.
B) In the driveway.
C) The car.
D) Needed a wash.