This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Adverbs > Adverbial Phrase – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Phrase Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was a foggy day. I could ..... see the street. A) Even. B) Hardly. C) Hard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly. 2. Choose the adverbial phrase that answers "when" in the sentence: "She will call you after dinner." A) She will call you. B) After dinner. C) Will call you. D) Call you after. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After dinner. 3. Rule:If the sentence has BE in it, what do you do to reduce it to a phrase? A) Drop the be. B) Drop the subject. C) Drop the be and the subject. D) Do nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drop the be and the subject. 4. Tidy your tables since it's almost hometime. A) When. B) Where. C) Why. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why. 5. Identify the adverbial phrase in this sentence:'They will arrive at noon.' A) At the station. B) They will arrive. C) At noon. D) They will arrive early. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At noon. 6. Which of the following statements is true regarding adverbial phrases? A) They can only describe actions that happen in the past. B) They always appear at the end of a sentence. C) They can modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. D) They cannot be used in questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They can modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. 7. Locate the adverbial phrase in:'We will go to the park tomorrow.' A) Tomorrow. B) To the park. C) We will go. D) Go to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tomorrow. 8. Which sentence uses an adverbial phrase to describe "when" something happened? A) The dog barked loudly. B) They traveled by train. C) He left after the meeting. D) She ran with speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He left after the meeting. 9. Ideally, we'd go to Australia if we could afford it. A) In the main and most important way. B) Without doubt. C) Actually. D) Clearly. E) In a perfect world. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) In a perfect world. 10. What type of phrase is 'with bobbing heads' in the sentence:'There were strange green creatures with bobbing heads.' A) Prepositional phrase. B) Adverbial phrase. C) Adjectival phrase. D) Noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjectival phrase. 11. What is modified by the red phrase? When did the car in the driveway arrive? A) Did. B) Driveway. C) Car. D) Arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Car. 12. Select the best adverbial phrase to complete the sentence:The children played ..... A) In the park. B) For an hour. C) With joy. D) Every morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the park. 13. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:They were running hurriedly, as if they were being chased by someone. A) They were running hurry, as if being chased by someone. B) They running hurriedly, as if being chased by someone. C) They running hurriedly, as if being chased by someone. D) They were running hurriedly, as if being chased by someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were running hurriedly, as if being chased by someone. 14. She drank hastily the water. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 15. Find the adverb:My head was still spinning. A) Spinning. B) Still. C) Head. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Still. 16. How can you stay calm when you are in a panic? A) Avoid any deep breathing exercises. B) Ignore your feelings and push through it. C) Distract yourself with loud music. D) Focus on your breathing and ground yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focus on your breathing and ground yourself. 17. We have exams at school ..... a year, in January and in June A) Three times. B) Twice. C) Once. D) Every. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twice. 18. My son ate all his lunch, ..... the vegetables A) Even. B) Ever. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even. 19. Find the adverbial phrase in:'They will meet us at the park tomorrow.' A) Meet us at the park. B) Tomorrow. C) At the park. D) At the park tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the park tomorrow. 20. The soldiers fought bravely. Find Adverb A) Fought. B) Soldiers. C) The. D) Bravely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bravely. 21. Combine the sentences:'She studied hard.' and 'She passed the test.' using an adverbial phrase. A) She studied hard, so she passed the test. B) She passed the test after studying hard. C) She passed the test because she studied hard. D) She studied hard and passed the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She passed the test because she studied hard. 22. What type of phrase is it?Jack bought the flowers with purple petals. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 23. We are visiting my favorite grandmother at her house in the Shenandoah Valley.Which phrase(s) modifies/modify a noun or a pronoun ..... making it an ADJECTIVE phrase. [Remember:adjective phrases are often prepositional phrases ..... but not always.] A) Are visiting. B) My favorite. C) At her house. D) At her house, in the Shenandoah Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At her house, in the Shenandoah Valley. 24. He shouted at the top of his voice. A) He shouted. B) At the top of his voice. C) His voice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the top of his voice. 25. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:Because little kids don't have adult responsibilities, they sometimes think adults are no fun. A) Having not adult responsiblities, little kids sometimes . B) Little kids not having adult responsibilities, they sometimes . C) Cannot be reduced. D) Not having adult responsibilities, little kids sometimes . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not having adult responsibilities, little kids sometimes . 26. You need to clean your house better than that. A) Time. B) Reason/ Purpose. C) Manner. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner. 27. Needing to do something quickly A) In a row. B) On purpose. C) In public. D) In a hurry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a hurry. 28. Identify the function of the phrase 'in the late morning' in the sentence:'The heavy snow stopped in the late morning.' A) It functions as a noun phrase, indicating the subject of the sentence. B) It functions as an adjectival phrase, describing the snow. C) It functions as a prepositional phrase, indicating the location of the action. D) It functions as an adverbial phrase, indicating when the action occurred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It functions as an adverbial phrase, indicating when the action occurred. 29. Realizing that our friends were running late, we gave them a ride to the airport. Which adverb fits better? A) After we realized that our friends were running late (time) . B) Because we realized that our friends were running late (reason) . C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because we realized that our friends were running late (reason) . 30. Which one of these sentences contains two prepositional phrases? A) After the trip, we went home and ate a delicious dinner. B) Before I left the house, I put my textbooks in my backpack. C) He is very slow-moving, so he's almost never on time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before I left the house, I put my textbooks in my backpack. 31. How many times a month do you go shopping? (every month) A) 3 times a month. B) 5 times a month. C) 1 time a month. D) 2 times a month. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 times a month. 32. Adverb phrases answer the questions when, where, why, how, or to what extent about a verb, an adverb, or an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Choose the adverbial phrase in the following sentence:Donna waited quite patiently in the queue for the singer's autograph. A) Singer's autograph. B) Waited patiently. C) Quite patiently. D) In the queue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quite patiently. 34. If you do something, that you intended to do, you do it ..... A) On purpose. B) In private. C) In public. D) In secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On purpose. 35. Identify the adverb clause:Because I love dessert, I went to Ella's after school. A) Because I love dessert. B) I went to Ella's after school. C) After school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because I love dessert. 36. My dad worked very ..... all his life. A) Hard. B) Hardly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard. 37. Choose the sentence that answers the question "How?" A) They arrived late. B) We play football on Saturdays. C) He is in the kitchen. D) I go to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They arrived late. 38. Identify the adverbial phrase in:'He reads books quietly in his room.' A) In his room quietly. B) Reads books quietly. C) He reads quietly in his room. D) Quietly in his room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quietly in his room. 39. Choose the correct Adverbial Phrase for the given sentenceShe performed with great skill A) Performed with great skill. B) With great skill. C) Skill. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With great skill. 40. What is a prepositional phrase? A) A phrase that describes an action. B) A phrase that begins with a preposition and includes a noun or pronoun. C) A phrase that contains only verbs. D) A phrase that indicates time or place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A phrase that begins with a preposition and includes a noun or pronoun. 41. Not intentionally A) In a row. B) By accident. C) In private. D) On purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By accident. 42. Which subject is adverbial phrases in? A) Maths. B) French. C) English. D) Science. E) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) English. 43. In the sentence 'He sings in the shower', what is the adverbial phrase? A) On the roof. B) In the shower. C) Under the bed. D) Behind the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the shower. 44. Without thinking properly due to fear or danger A) In a panic. B) In a hurry. C) By accident. D) In secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a panic. 45. Find the adverb:I pressed the button twice. A) Twice. B) Button. C) Pressed. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twice. 46. Choose the sentence with an adverbial phrase of place. A) He drives very fast. B) She walked to the park. C) He shouted with anger. D) They will meet tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She walked to the park. 47. Your little brother plays well for a third grader. In this sentence "well" modifies the verb "plays" so it is an adverb. So what is the phrase that modifies the adverb "well, " and answers the question "how?" A) Your little brother. B) For a third grader. C) Plays well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For a third grader. 48. The desert stretched towards the north.The adverbial phrase in the sentence above is ..... A) The desert. B) Stretched. C) Towards the north. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Towards the north. 49. Which of these words in the following sentence are considered as a prepositional phrase?The birthday gift from his parents surprised John. A) Surprised John. B) From his. C) The birthday gift. D) From his parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From his parents. 50. ..... , Adele is getting married! A) Ideally. B) Apparently. C) Eventually. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apparently. 51. 3 I stayed up late / lately last night, so I'm really tiredtoday. A) Late. B) Lately. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Late. 52. Adjective or Adverb? Anne was upset about her long homework assignment. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 53. Which of the following is an example of a manner adverbial phrase? A) At night. B) Once a month. C) Near the school. D) With excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With excitement. 54. Identify the degree adverbial phrase in this sentence:She is incredibly fast at running. A) At school. B) Incredibly fast. C) She is. D) At running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incredibly fast. 55. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:'The cat jumped over the fence.' A) The fence. B) Jumped over. C) Over the fence. D) The cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over the fence. 56. Which of the following sentences contains an adverb of degree? A) The exam was extremely difficult. B) He walked slowly. C) I often go to the gym. D) She sings beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The exam was extremely difficult. 57. What are adverbials A) They are words or phrases that are used as an adverb to modify a verb or clause. B) Are two or more words that tell us more about a verb or an adjective. C) Are usually one word (like quickly or excitedly),. D) Focus on modifying verbs and actions within a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are words or phrases that are used as an adverb to modify a verb or clause. 58. There is a special celebration for Japanese girls on March 3rd every year. A) (who?). B) Manner (how?). C) Place (Where). D) Frequency (how often?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frequency (how often?. 59. How is the red phrase functioning? An investigator uncovered a file of important papers. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 60. How often do you meet with your friends? (every two weeks) A) Every week. B) Every three months. C) Once a month. 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