Participial Phrases Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Participial Phrases – Quiz 8
1. "Shout, I'd stomp on the flames.".
A) Shouted.
B) To shout.
C) No Change.
D) Shouting.
2. The child ( )to music can play computer games well.
A) Is listening.
B) Listened.
C) Listening.
D) Listen.
3. Which option contains a participle?.
A) Tattered jeans paired with a cropped t-shirt make up Tina's favorite outfit.
B) Tom likes to wear joggers and a gray Champion sweatshirt.
C) Andy prefers an old t-shirt and running shorts-his favorite outfit.
D) None of above.
4. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing after the winter storm.
A) Frozen over all winter.
B) Thawing after the winter storm.
C) Frozen over.
D) Finally thawing.
5. A:What have people found in Wonoboyo?B:.
A) The treasure was hidden.
B) A hidden treasure.
C) Hiding a treasure.
D) A hiding treasure.
6. We saw an old woman walking up the path.
A) Walking up the path.
B) Up the path.
C) Saw an old woman.
D) None of above.
7. Several individuals _____ different groups have become united in their effort to make the government cancel the increase of fuel prices.
A) Are presented.
B) Presenting.
C) Are presenting.
D) Presented.
8. In the sentence 'The broken window was finally repaired', what is the participial phrase and what word does it modify?.
A) The broken window modifies the word 'window'.
B) The blue window modifies the word 'window'.
C) The running window modifies the word 'window'.
D) The repaired window modifies the word 'window'.
9. The boy was walking down the road. He saw a snake.
A) Walking down the road, a snake was there.
B) Seeing a snake, the boy was walking down the road.
C) Walking down the road, he saw a snake.
D) Walking down the road, the boy saw a snake.
10. What is the participial phrase in the sentence:'Amazed by the magician's tricks, the audience applauded loudly.'.
A) Amazed.
B) Amazed by the magician's tricks, .
C) The magician's tricks.
D) The audience applauded loudly.
11. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip.".
A) Sound.
B) Loved.
C) Scratching.
D) Against.
12. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. The burned brownies did not satisfy my chocolate cravings.
A) My.
B) Burned brownies.
C) Chocolate cravings.
D) Did not satisfy.
13. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses.
A) Looked.
B) Sunglasses.
C) Evangeline.
D) Compartment.
14. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
A) Hunted their prey.
B) The bats hunted.
C) Sweeping across the night sky, .
D) Across the night sky.
15. Graham, interrupting the conversation, felt he needed to communicate his thoughts before they left his mind. What interrupter are you seeing?.
A) Appositive.
B) Participial Phrase.
16. Identify the participial phrase. Braking too late, Judy hit the car in front of her.
A) Hit the car.
B) Judy.
C) Braking too late.
D) In front of her.
17. Appositives often begin with the following words (multiple answers).
A) A.
B) And.
18. The basketball team, encouraged by its performance in the semifinals, went on to the finals.
A) Encouraged by its performance in the semifinals .
B) In the semifinals.
C) To the finals.
D) None of above.
19. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.The woman, caressing her hair, listened intently to the earnest young man.
A) Listened intently to the earnest young man.
B) Caressing her hair.
C) The earnest young man.
D) The woman.
20. Which of the following sentences uses a comma correctly with a participial phrase?.
A) Waiting for her ride to school, Marie saw a deer leap into the woods.
B) Waiting for her ride to school. Marie saw a deer leap into the woods.
C) Waiting for her ride to school Marie saw a deer leap into the woods.
D) None of above.
21. Having come out in the cool night air, Mr. Troy looked up at the sky.
A) Having come out in the cool night air .
B) In the cool night air.
C) At the sky.
D) None of above.
22. Which sentence contains a participial phrase?.
A) With his feet lightly scaling the stairs, Gerry attempted to enter his house after curfew.
B) Because his friends did not drop him off until after midnight, Gerry's parents grounded him.
C) His parents furious because if his late arrival, they grounded Gerry.
D) Grounded for breaking curfew, Gerry's parents made him clean the bathroom.
23. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Barry, eating at the counter, looked up to see Susan.
A) Eating at the counter.
B) Looked up.
C) Looked up to see Susan.
D) Barry, eating at the counter, looked.
24. What is the error in this sentence? Write it correctly on your paper. Freshly painted, Jim left the room to dry.
A) Dangling participle.
B) Misplaced modifier.
25. What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence? Tara was getting worried that she may not pass the math test, thinking how little she knew about equations.
A) Equations.
B) Test.
C) She.
D) Tara.