Participial Phrases Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Participial Phrases – Quiz 9
1. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. Mrs. Archer, worried about sunburn, always wears a hat and stays in the shade.
A) Always wears a hat.
B) Mrs. Archer,.
C) Worried about sunburn, .
D) Stays in the shade.
2. Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, untamed hair.
A) Gerund.
B) Participial.
3. If there is a participial phrase, punctuate it. If not, choose no change:Dad trying to support me also thought I should face down my enemy.
A) Dad trying to support me, also thought, I should face down my enemy.
B) No Change.
C) Dad trying, to support me, also thought I should face down my enemy.
D) Dad, trying to support me, also thought I should face down my enemy.
4. What is the best way to join the following two sentences using a participial phrase?Mia was speaking very softly. She explained what happened.
A) Speaking very softly, Mia explained what happened.
B) Mia, who was speaking very softly, explained what happened.
C) While Mia explained what happened, she was speaking very softly.
D) She explained what happened, and Mia was speaking very softly.
5. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller.'.
A) Written by a famous author.
B) The book.
C) By a famous author.
D) Became a bestseller.
6. Sheila watched Desmond stuff his mouth with a cupcake frosted with vanilla icing.
A) No! This sentence is error free!.
B) Yes! This sentence has a misplaced or dangling modifier!.
C) This sentence has a spelling error.
D) None of above.
7. What is the participle modifying in the following sentence? The dentist pulled my aching tooth.
A) Tooth.
B) Aching.
C) Dentist.
D) Pulled.
8. Find the participial phrase:Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first. (a).
A) A opening the book to the last page.
B) The last page.
C) Sally read the ending.
D) Ending first.
9. Identify the participle(s). For dinner Maurice enjoyed a hamburger topped with pickles, onions, and mustard.
A) Topped.
B) Enjoyed.
C) Enjoyed, topped.
D) None of above.
10. The runner gasping for breath crossed the finish line.
A) Runner.
B) Finish line.
C) Gasping for breath.
D) Crossed the finish line.
11. If there is a participial phrase, punctuate it. If not, choose no change:Mom working on a painting could not fix dinner for me.
A) Mom, working on a painting, could not fix dinner for me.
B) Mom working on a painting, could not fix dinner for me.
C) No change.
D) Mom working on a painting could not fix dinner, for me.
12. ( Running very fast can be dangerous.) This sentence does not have a participial phrase.
A) False.
B) True.
13. Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? Removing her glasses, the queen shook her head in disappointment.
A) Yes.
B) No.
14. Identify the participle:Working in the lab, the scientist created a robot.
A) Working.
B) Lab.
C) Created.
D) Robot.
15. The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.
A) Participial.
B) Gerund.
16. How should a participial phrase be punctuated when it introduces a main clause?.
A) With a period.
B) With a question mark.
C) With a comma.
D) With an exclamation mark.
17. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) The book B) Written by a famous author C) On the table D) Opened the door.
A) Written by a famous author.
B) Under the bed.
C) Ate the sandwich.
D) The pen.
18. He sent the email after he finished writing it.
A) Having written the letter, he mailed it.
B) Writing the letter, he mailed it.
19. Which of the following is a past participial phrase describing a black hole?A black hole is a region of space that has been _____ by gravity.
A) Formed.
B) Forming.
C) Formed by.
D) None of above.
20. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The sun was coming over the ridge now, glaring on the whitewash of the houses and barns, making the wet grass blaze softly.
A) Glaring on the whitewash of the houses and barns.
B) Coming of the ridge now.
C) None of above.
21. Identify the participle(s). Holding open the elevator doors, the kind man smiled at the tired mother.
A) Smiled.
B) Tired.
C) Holding, tired.
D) Holding.
22. Which sentence contains a participle?.
A) Paul devoured a dripping peach, his shirt soaked and sticky.
B) Paul devoured a juicy peach, his shirt soaked and sticky.
C) Paul devoured a delicious peach; the juices dripped down his chin.
D) His shirt soaked and sticky, Paul devoured a peach.
23. I received a letter _____ by Mary.
A) Write.
B) Written.
C) Writing.
D) To write.
24. While watching the sunset, you will be amazed by the beauty of nature.
A) Watching the sunset, you feel in awe of the beauty of the nature.
B) Having watched the sunset, you feel in awe of the beauty of the nature.
25. Find a sentence with a present participial phrase.
A) Growling ferociously, the dog held its stance.
B) Jason walked fearfully past the angry dog.
C) My aunt and uncle live on the farm.
D) None of above.