This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Adverbs > Adverbial Phrase – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Phrase Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using your Writing Coach Textbook (p. 356-358) complete the following:A ..... phrase consists of a preposition and a noun or pronoun called an object. A) Prepositional. B) Independent. C) Adjectival. D) Adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional. 2. Are you going to watch it A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 3. Which of the following sentences contains an adverbial phrase indicating time? A) "She came to Paris to find me.". B) "Tony is talking in a minute.". C) "He walks oddly.". D) "Sally lives around the corner.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Tony is talking in a minute.". 4. What is the type of the adverbial phrase in the following sentence? The pilot flew the plane between two tall buildings. A) Time. B) Manner. C) Place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Place. 5. Can you end a sentence with an adverb? A) Only in formal writing. B) No, you cannot. C) It depends on the adverb. D) Yes, you can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, you can. 6. They sang so loudly that everyone could hear them. A) Adjective Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial Phrase. 7. Provide an example of an adjectival phrase in a sentence. A) The fast, running cheetah. B) The big, red apple. C) The tall, green tree. D) She quickly, finished her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The big, red apple. 8. ..... of a film, I always stay and watch the credits roll. A) In the end. B) The end. C) At the end. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the end. 9. Which phrase is adverbial? Satellites bounce back information from distances high above the Earth. A) From distances. B) Above the Earth. C) Both are adverbial. D) Neither are adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both are adverbial. 10. Which of the following adverbs shows frequency? A) Extremely. B) Tomorrow. C) Seldom. D) Carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seldom. 11. With a hammer is an adverb of: A) Reason/ why. B) Time/ when. C) Manner/how. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner/how. 12. Choose the correct Adverbial Phrase for the given sentenceThe gun went off with a loud noise A) Went off. B) With a loud noise. C) Gun went off with a loud noise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a loud noise. 13. My bedroom was very cold ..... I forgot to close the window. A) Because. B) But. C) And. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 14. She is extremely tired after the long flight. A) Adjective Phrase. B) Adverb Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective Phrase. 15. In which sentence is the adverbial phrase in the correct position? A) Quickly, I went before work to the market. B) Before work, I quickly went to the market. C) I went to the market before work quickly. D) I quickly went before work to the market. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before work, I quickly went to the market. 16. What distinguishes an adverbial clause from an adverbial phrase? A) An adverbial clause has a subject and a verb, while an adverbial phrase does not. B) An adverbial phrase can only be at the end of a sentence. C) An adverbial clause cannot modify verbs. D) An adverbial phrase is always longer than an adverbial clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adverbial clause has a subject and a verb, while an adverbial phrase does not. 17. Choose the best adverbial phrase to complete the following sentence ..... , the student answered the question. A) As fast as a shooting star. B) However. C) Although. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As fast as a shooting star. 18. Identify the adverb of time:There are computer lessons on Wednesday. A) Are. B) Wednesday. C) Lessons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wednesday. 19. How is the red phrase functioning? The fullback charged into Stephenville's huge line. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 20. Which part of the sentence is an adverbial phrase? "They danced under the stars." A) They danced. B) Under the stars. C) Danced. D) The stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the stars. 21. The angry woman left at once A) The angry woman. B) Left. C) At once. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At once. 22. What is the adverbial phrase?She lives in a palatial home. A) Home. B) In a palatial home. C) She lives. D) Lives in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a palatial home. 23. Which is the adverbial phrase in this sentence? A) Every day. B) My dad watches. C) Television. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every day. 24. It's incredibly foggy. I can ..... see. A) Hardly. B) Hard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly. 25. Choose the adverb in the following sentence.Sara cooks well. A) Sara. B) Cooks. C) Well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well. 26. What is the adverbial phrase in the sentence 'He spoke with confidence during the presentation'? A) With certainty. B) In doubt. C) With confidence. D) Without fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With confidence. 27. What is the adverbial phrase in this sentence:'She sings beautifully in the shower.'? A) Sings beautifully. B) In the shower beautifully. C) She sings in the shower. D) In the shower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the shower. 28. Since ..... his bachelor's degree, he hasn't got any jobs. A) Has completing. B) Completing. C) Completed. D) Has completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Completing. 29. Choose the correct Adverbial Phrase for the given sentenceThe fishers went sailing over the sea A) Went sailing over the sea. B) Over the sea. C) The sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over the sea. 30. The weather is ..... cool. It gets fresh, cold air sometimes. A) So. B) Fairly. C) Very. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fairly. 31. He lay beside the heap of corn.The adverbial phrase in the sentence above is ..... A) Lay. B) He. C) Beside the heap of corn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside the heap of corn. 32. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:After Sam was told to clean his room, he started crying. A) After being told to clean his room, Sam stopped crying. B) After told to clean his room, Sam started crying. C) After being told to clean his room, Sam started crying. D) After being tell to clean his room, Sam started crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After being told to clean his room, Sam started crying. 33. ..... is it? It's 7.30 am A) What. B) Which time. C) When. D) What time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What time. 34. Jim visits Mary at the weekend. A) Place (Where). B) (who?). C) Frequency (how often?. D) Manner (how?). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (who?). 35. His parents have been ..... married for 30 years A) Happy. B) Happily. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happily. 36. Without pausing to consider he struck the blow. A) Struck. B) He struck the blow. C) Without pausing to consider. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Without pausing to consider. 37. What is the correct order of adverbs in a sentence? A) Place, manner, time. B) Time, manner, place. C) Manner, place, time. D) Time, place, manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner, place, time. 38. Fronted adverbials start a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. This program was ..... designed for the occasion. A) Specially. B) Especially. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specially. 40. Choose the correct adverbial phrase to complete the sentence:'He completed the task ..... ' A) In a hurry. B) With a pen. C) On the table. D) At noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a hurry. 41. In the sentence "He arrived after the meeting, " what part of speech is "after" ? A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 42. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:Because Kenichi crashed his car last month, his sister has to drive him everywhere he goes. A) Because crashing his car last month, Kenichi's sister . B) Crashing Kenichi's car last month, his sister . C) Cannot be reduced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cannot be reduced. 43. Beyond, beneath, since, between, & within are all examples of ..... A) Adjectives. B) Adverbs. C) Prepositions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositions. 44. Choose the adverb or prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The yellow cat sat and waited on the steps. A) And waited. B) The yellow cat. C) Sat. D) On the steps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the steps. 45. How is the red phrase functioning? Without your help we could not have finished the job. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 46. 8 We yet / still haven't decided where to go onvacation this summer. We've been talking aboutit for weeks! A) Yet. B) Still. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Still. 47. Identify the adverbial phrase in this sentence:*She will call you when she arrives.* A) She will call. B) When she arrives. C) You when. D) She arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When she arrives. 48. Choose the sentence where the adverbial phrase explains "how" the action is done. A) We left because of the rain. B) She spoke in a soft voice. C) They went to the park. D) He arrived after midnight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She spoke in a soft voice. 49. Basically, it's quite a simple idea. A) According to what you have heard or read. B) In the main and most important way. C) Clearly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the main and most important way. 50. While nervously awaiting the examination results, Seung called her friend for support. A) Correct Adverbial Phrase. B) Incorrect Adverbial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct Adverbial Phrase. 51. What is the difference between an adverb and an adverbial phrase? A) An adverbial phrase is used to modify nouns. B) An adverbial phrase is a single word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. C) An adverb is a single word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, while an adverbial phrase is a group of words that functions as an adverb. D) An adverbial phrase is a type of adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adverb is a single word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, while an adverbial phrase is a group of words that functions as an adverb. 52. I hardly ever go shopping ..... A) Soon. B) These days. C) Today. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These days. 53. What is the appropriate phrase to fill in the blank?She accepted the offer A) In a hesitation. B) Hesitately. C) With hesitate. D) Without hesitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without hesitation. 54. Clarify the type of adverbial phrase in this sentence"It's not just those in top posts that experience this." A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) An adverb with an intifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional phrase. 55. In which sentence does the adverb of time correctly modify the verb? A) I will call you now. B) She eats quietly. C) He works very hard. D) They run fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will call you now. 56. Classify the phrase in bold:The dog barked at the stranger. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 57. During the winter, my family often rents a cabin. A) Adverbial phrase. B) Adjectival phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverbial phrase. 58. Position of AdverbsChoose the sentence where the adverb is correctly placed: A) He drives quickly to work. B) Quickly he drives to work. C) He drives to quickly work. D) He quickly drives to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He drives quickly to work. 59. Select the correct option:We go for picnics on Sundays. A) On Sundays. B) Go for picnics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Sundays. 60. How often do you practice a sport? (every day) A) Every day. B) Every month. C) Only on vacation. D) Once a week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every day. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdverbial Phrase Quiz 1Adverbial Phrase Quiz 2Adverbial Phrase Quiz 3Adverbial Phrase Quiz 4Adverbial Phrase Quiz 5Adverbial Phrase Quiz 6Adverbial Phrase Quiz 7Adverbial Phrase Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books