Participle Clauses Quiz

Identify the participle clause in the following sentence: 'The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller.'

• read by a famous author

• written by a famous author

• published by a famous author

• edited by a famous author

Construct a participle clause for the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

• The dog bark loudly.

• The dog barking loudly.

• The dog barks loudly.

• The dog barked loudly.

Construct a participle clause for the sentence: 'The children played in the park.'

• Playing in the park, the children were eating ice cream.

• The children, playing in the park, enjoyed themselves.

• The children, playing in the park, were studying for their exams.

• The children, played in the park, were tired.

Use a participle clause in a sentence: 'The car, parked in the driveway, belonged to my neighbor.'

• The car, flying through the air, belonged to my neighbor.

• The car, driving down the street, belonged to my neighbor.

• The car, running out of gas, belonged to my neighbor.

• The car, parked in the driveway, belonged to my neighbor.

Use a participle clause in a sentence: 'The cake, baked by my mom, was delicious.'

• The cake, painted by my sister, was delicious.

• The cake, cooked by my dad, was delicious.

• The cake, eaten by my dog, was delicious.

• The cake, baked by my mom, was delicious.

Identify the function of the participle clause in the following sentence: 'Feeling tired, she decided to take a nap.'

• Indicates the time of the action

• Specifies the direct object

• Serves as the main verb of the sentence

• Describes the subject and provides additional information

Identify the function of the participle clause in the following sentence: 'The movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, won several awards.'

• describes the main action

• introduces a new character

• sets the time and place of the story

• provides additional information

Punctuate the participle clause correctly in the sentence: 'Excited to start her new job she arrived at the office early.'

• Excited to start her new job, she arrived at the office early.

• Excited to start her new job she arrived at the office early.

• Excited to start her new job; she arrived at the office early.

• Excited to start her new job. She arrived at the office early.

Punctuate the participle clause correctly in the sentence: 'Eating dinner the phone rang.'

• Eating dinner the phone rang.

• Eating dinner the phone, rang.

• Eating, dinner the phone rang.

• Eating dinner, the phone rang.