This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Adverbs > Adverbial Phrase – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Phrase Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is NOT an adverbial phrase? A) On the desk. B) In the morning. C) With great speed. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jumped. 2. I can't go out tonight because I ..... have any money. A) Hardly. B) Hard. C) Never. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly. 3. So that other people can see or hear A) In a row. B) In public. C) In private. D) In secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In public. 4. If you do something. three times without a break, you do it three times ..... A) In a panic. B) In a row. C) In a hurry. D) In private. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a row. 5. We play football every Friday night ..... A) Once a week. B) Twice a day. C) Three times a day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Once a week. 6. Indicate the type of prepositional phrase in the sentence below.Megan put her bird in its cage. A) Adjectival Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial Phrase. 7. Classify the phrase in bold:He finished the test in record time. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 8. What is the role of the adverbial phrase in the sentence:'She spoke with confidence during the interview'? A) It modifies the verb 'spoke'. B) It modifies the adjective 'during'. C) It describes the noun 'confidence'. D) It provides additional information about 'interview'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It modifies the verb 'spoke'. 9. We didn't go away at the weekend because we had too much work ..... , the weather was awful, so we didn't miss anything. A) Personally. B) Basically. C) Gradually. D) Anyway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anyway. 10. After looking for my mobile all morning, I ..... found it under the sofa. A) At the end. B) Eventually. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eventually. 11. I made them understand the plan in an easy way. A) I made them understand. B) I made them understand the plan. C) In an easy way. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an easy way. 12. Provide an example of an adverbial phrase that indicates time. A) During the night. B) At the park. C) Under the table. D) In the afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the afternoon. 13. To reduce adverb clauses to modified adverbial phrases, the subjects of the two sentences should be ..... A) Better. B) The same. C) Good. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The same. 14. She answered the questions quite slowly. A) Adjective Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial Phrase. 15. What is the adverbial phrase in:'She will finish her homework before dinner.'? A) During the weekend. B) Before dinner. C) Before school. D) After lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before dinner. 16. We can make reductions even when the subjects are different as long as we use them at the ..... of the sentence. A) Bottom. B) Middle. C) End. D) Beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beginning. 17. Emma ate all her lunch, ..... the vegetables! A) Ever. B) Even. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even. 18. I can't stand when my friends arrive ..... for my party. A) At the end. B) Late. C) Lately. D) At the moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Late. 19. They organised the party ..... , so I knew nothing about it. A) In a row. B) On purpose. C) In public. D) In secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In secret. 20. Identify the type of adverbial clause in the following sentence:Before we left on our road trip, we made sure to refuel the car. A) Time clause. B) Purpose clause. C) Condition clause. D) Manner clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time clause. 21. Provide an example of an adjectival phrase. A) Running quickly. B) The red apple. C) In the park. D) Beautifully painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The red apple. 22. Identify the adverb phrase in the sentence"they chatted for a while" A) They chatted. B) Chatted for a. C) Chatted for. D) For a while. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For a while. 23. Mr. Ba was late for the meeting though he took a taxi. A) Mr. Ba was late for the meeting although he took a taxi. B) Even though taking a taxi, Mr. Ba was late for the meeting. C) In spite of taking a taxi, but Mr. Ba was late for the meeting. D) Mr. Ba wasn't late for the meeting becaseu he took a taxi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Ba was late for the meeting although he took a taxi. 24. We go to school from Monday to Friday. We go ..... A) Five times a week. B) Every day. C) Four times a day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Five times a week. 25. Which of the following is an adverbial phrase? A) Quickly B) The tall man C) Under the bridge A) Running fast. B) Under the bridge. C) In the park. D) The blue car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the bridge. 26. Which part is the adverbial phrase in:'The cat slept on the warm windowsill.'? A) The cat slept during the day. B) The cat slept on the floor. C) On the warm windowsill. D) The cat slept quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the warm windowsill. 27. Which word or phrase in the sentence describes how she danced?:'She danced gracefully on the stage.' A) Gracefully. B) On the stage. C) On. D) She danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gracefully. 28. What's an acronym to help in adverbial phrases? A) AFOREST. B) CUBES. C) LEARN. D) ISPACE. E) NASA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ISPACE. 29. What is the adverb in this sentence? "Brandon slept quietly in class." A) Quietly. B) Slept. C) Class. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quietly. 30. What type of adverbial phrase is "twice a day" ? A) Manner. B) Time. C) Frequency. D) Degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frequency. 31. My brother had an accident because he was driving too ..... A) Fast. B) Fastly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast. 32. We have homework ..... day. It's not fair!!! A) Twice. B) Every. C) Once. D) Three times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every. 33. Choose the sentence that uses an adverbial phrase correctly. A) She ran the park. B) She ran to the park in the afternoon. C) She ran quickly the park. D) She ran afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She ran to the park in the afternoon. 34. Identify the type of phrase in the given sentence:The daytime temperature on the lunar equator is 243$^\circ$F. A) Adjectival phrase. B) Adverbial phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectival phrase. 35. Sam said it in a polite way A) Place. B) Reason. C) Manner. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner. 36. Our friends must also write a test. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 37. Adjective clauses describe ..... A) Other adjectives. B) Verbs. C) Nouns. D) Only the subject of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nouns. 38. Much water has run under the bridge.The adverbial phrase in the sentence above is ..... A) Much water. B) Under the bridge. C) Has run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the bridge. 39. My class learned about immigration. A) Main Clause. B) Noun Phrase. C) Subordinate clause. D) Adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main Clause. 40. Find the adverbial phrase:We went home after dinner. A) Home after. B) We went. C) Went home. D) After dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After dinner. 41. Muaath studies Engineering ..... A) Usually. B) Abroad. C) Enough. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abroad. 42. (when)I will buy a new car.I will get my end of the year bonus. A) When I get my end of the year bonus, I will buy a new car. B) I will buy a new car when I get my end of the year bonus. C) My end of the year bonus will buy my car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My end of the year bonus will buy my car. 43. 5B will have golden time this week. because they behaved excellently. A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Why. 44. ..... they are renting a flat, but they are hoping to buy one soon. A) Actually. B) At the moment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the moment. 45. What is the prepositional phrase?The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer. A) With a hammer. B) The carpenter. C) Hit the nail. D) Hit the nail with a hammer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With a hammer. 46. Choose the sentence where the adverb is used correctly. A) He drives careful. B) She sings beautiful. C) They worked hard. D) We arrived lately. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They worked hard. 47. Choose the adverbial phrase in the following sentence:My sleepy puppy sat and waited in the house. A) In the house. B) Sleepy. C) Sat and waited. D) My sleepy puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the house. 48. Donna waited quite patiently in the queue for the singer's autograph. A) In the queue. B) Quite patiently. C) Waited patiently. D) Singer's autograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quite patiently. 49. ..... in an airplane before, the little girl was surprised and frightened when her ears popped. A) Being fly. B) Having never flown. C) Having flown. D) Fleeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having never flown. 50. ..... books are these? A) Whom. B) Whose. C) What. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whose. 51. ..... I would like to work flexitime. A) Ideally. B) Suddenly. C) Unfortunately. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideally. 52. Choose the adverbial phrase in the following sentence:Jenny tried to talk to Peter underneath the water. A) Tried to. B) Underneath the water. C) To Peter. D) Jenny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Underneath the water. 53. I thought they'd broken up, but apparently, they're back together again. A) According to what you have heard or read. B) Piece by piece. C) Little by little. D) You doubt what you have heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) According to what you have heard or read. 54. Read the sentence carefully and choose the correct answer. Sentence:The cat sat on the windowsill.What is the adverbial phrase? A) The cat sat. B) On the windowsill. C) Sat on the windowsill. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the windowsill. 55. Choose the adverb or prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The Fourth of July fireworks exploded with a loud bang. A) Fireworks. B) Exploded. C) With a loud bang. D) The Fourth of July. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With a loud bang. 56. Could you go away, please Jack? I want to talk to John ..... A) In private. B) By accident. C) In public. D) In secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In private. 57. Which sentence contains a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb? A) The book on the shelf is mine. B) The cat slept under the table. C) The flowers in the garden are blooming. D) The artist painted a picture of the sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat slept under the table. 58. Identify the adverb clause (subordinate clause).Usually, Gabe can type faster than I can. A) Usually. B) Faster than I can. C) Gabe can type. D) Than I can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Than I can. 59. Alan's feet are so big that his shoes are ..... made for him A) Especially. B) Specially. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specially. 60. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:Since Paula graduated from high school last May, she has been working in her father's company. A) Since graduated from high school last May, Paula has . B) Graduating from high school last May, Paula has . C) Since graduating from high school last May, Paula has . D) Cannot be reduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since graduating from high school last May, Paula has . ← 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