This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Adverbs > Adverbial Phrase – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Phrase Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Escapada por un pelo A) In a while. B) Just a bit. C) Surprisingly well. D) Close call. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Close call. 2. How is the red phrase functioning? My grandmother enjoys strawberries with cream. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 3. Select the correct option:Mom will pick us up after school is out. A) Will pick. B) After school is out. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After school is out. 4. Select the correct option:He found his lost pet in the night. A) Found his lost pet. B) In the night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the night. 5. We usually gather for dinner ..... , allowing everyone to share their day without rush. A) INTERESTINGLY. B) INCREDIBLY. C) LATE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LATE. 6. Identify the adjective phrase in the sentence:'The cat with the fluffy tail is sleeping.' A) Is sleeping. B) With the fluffy tail. C) The cat. D) Fluffy tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the fluffy tail. 7. Identify the adverb clause (subordinate clause). When winter sets in, many animals hibernate in warm places. A) In warm places. B) Animals hibernate. C) When winter. D) When winter sets in. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When winter sets in. 8. ..... there lived an old lady and her husband in village. A) Once upon a time. B) Finally. C) Luckily. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Once upon a time. 9. John didn't go to work because of he was seriously ill. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 10. Identify the adverbial phrase in the following sentence: "The children played under the old oak tree." A) Oak tree. B) Under the old oak tree. C) The children. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the old oak tree. 11. An adverbial phrase is made up of a group of words. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Choose the adverbial phrase in the following sentence:The dog ate the bone in the garden. A) Garden. B) Ate the bone. C) The dog. D) In the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the garden. 13. Does your family live ..... here? A) Near. B) Nearly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near. 14. They went to sleep right after their class. A) Place. B) Manner. C) Reason/ Purpose. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 15. Click on the adverbial phrase in this sentence:Dom was watching television in his Captain America pyjamas. A) Watching television. B) Captain America. C) In his Captain America pyjamas. D) Dom was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In his Captain America pyjamas. 16. Determine the adverbial phrase:Meet me at the mall. A) Meet me. B) The mall. C) Me at. D) At the mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the mall. 17. Identify the adverb of time:I have netball practice tomorrow. A) Netball. B) Tomorrow. C) Have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tomorrow. 18. Which type of adverbial phrase is typically formed by adding a qualifier or intensifier before another adverb? A) Infinitive phrases. B) Prepositional phrases. C) Adverbial clauses. D) Two adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two adverbs. 19. Differentiate the adverbial phrase from the adjectival phrase in this sentence:'The boy with the blue hat ran quickly.' A) Adjectival phrase:'ran'; Adverbial phrase:'with the blue hat'. B) Adjectival phrase:'the blue hat'; Adverbial phrase:'the boy'. C) Adjectival phrase:'with the blue hat'; Adverbial phrase:'quickly'. D) Adjectival phrase:'the boy'; Adverbial phrase:'with the blue hat'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjectival phrase:'with the blue hat'; Adverbial phrase:'quickly'. 20. Choose the adverb phrase in the following sentence:My friend gave me the library book in the hall. A) Gave me. B) In the hall. C) The library book. D) My friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the hall. 21. John watched TV and played video games in the other room. Is this phrase adjective or adverb phrase? A) Adjective phrase. B) Adverb phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb phrase. 22. He was very tired but he kept on working. A) Though his tiredness, he kept on working. B) Although he was very tired, he kept on working. C) Despite he was very tired, he kept on working. D) In spite of he was very tired, he kept on working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although he was very tired, he kept on working. 23. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:Because Jim doesn't like to drive, he always flies between Denver and Vail. A) Not liking to drive, Jim always flies between Denver and Vail. B) Don't like to drive, Jim always flies between Denver and Vail. C) Liking to drive, Jim always flies between Denver and Vail. D) Not liking to sleep, Jim always flies between Denver and Vail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not liking to drive, Jim always flies between Denver and Vail. 24. They moved stealthily and quietly through the forest. A) Through the forest. B) They moved. C) Moved stealthily. D) Stealthily and quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stealthily and quietly. 25. How many adverbs?I ran quickly back to the ride again! A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 26. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:Because carbon fiber is very strong and light, it is being used on most new jet airplanes. A) Be very strong and light, carbon fiber is being used . B) Being very weak and heavy, carbon fiber is being used . C) Being very strong and light, carbon fiber is being used . D) To be very strong and light, carbon fiber is being used . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being very strong and light, carbon fiber is being used . 27. Snakes are ..... toxic animals. A) So. B) Never. C) Always. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 28. Lucy's dog ran extremely fast. A) Time. B) Place. C) Reason/ Purpose. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manner. 29. What is an adverbial clause A) A group of words that function as an adverb and contain a subject and a verb. B) A group of words that function as an adverb and do not contain a subject and a verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of words that function as an adverb and contain a subject and a verb. 30. Find the adverbial phrase of place in:'The flowers bloomed beautifully in the garden.' A) The flowers bloomed. B) In the garden. C) In the beautiful garden. D) Beautifully in the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the garden. 31. Lo antes posible A) Quite easily. B) Right there. C) Very quickly. D) As soon as possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As soon as possible. 32. -I've just got a call from Sue and Tom ..... Sue and Tom, did you know they are getting married in the spring? A) Besides. B) Incidentally. C) At least. D) Talking of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talking of. 33. Choose the adverb in the following sentences:1. She sings beautifully. A) Sings. B) Beautifully. C) She. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautifully. 34. Identify adverbial clause. "The puppy followed me wherever I went." A) Condition. B) Reason. C) Manner. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place. 35. A sentence may contain ..... adjectival phrases. A) Two or more. B) One or less. C) One or more. D) Only one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two or more. 36. My friend ..... walk to the gym to get energy. A) Fairly. B) Always. C) Extremely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always. 37. Without other people being present A) In private. B) In a hurry. C) In public. D) On purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In private. 38. Have you ..... been to the USA? A) Yet. B) Never. C) Ever. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ever. 39. What is the adverb in the sentence?My dog always barks. A) Dog. B) Always. C) Barks. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always. 40. Identify the adverb phrase(s) in the sentence:He turned down the road. A) Turned down. B) Down the road. C) The road. D) He turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down the road. 41. The library across the road has been an asset.In this sentence "across the road" is modifying what word? A) Library. B) Asset. C) Across. D) Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Library. 42. La semana pasada A) Always. B) Week. C) Tomorrow. D) Last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last week. 43. In spite/ poor health/ he/ manage / finish/ his project/before/ deadline/. A) In spite of he had poor health, he managed to finish his project before the deadline. B) In spite his poor health, he managed to finish his project before the deadline. C) In spite of his poor health, he managed to finish his project before the deadline. D) In spite of his poor health, but he managed to finish his project before the deadline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In spite of his poor health, he managed to finish his project before the deadline. 44. Sara works really ..... , but her boss won't give her a promotion. A) Hard. B) Hardly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard. 45. Harry and George met at the Quidditch field. A) Clause. B) Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clause. 46. What is the function of adverbial phrases that explain where something happens? A) Manner. B) Purpose. C) Place. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Place. 47. I brush my teeth ..... a day. When I get p, after lunch and when I go to bed. A) Three times. B) Every. C) Twice. D) Once. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three times. 48. At breakfast we eat fruit and cereal. A) Reason/ Purpose. B) Manner. C) Time. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 49. Choose the correct suffix of the next sentemce:The new software should ..... the process. A) Simplified. B) Simplify. C) Oversimple. D) Oversimple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simplify. 50. Which part of the sentence is the adverbial phrase:'I will call you later this evening.'? A) I will call you at noon. B) Later this evening. C) I will call you soon. D) I will call you tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Later this evening. 51. ..... are you going to London? A) What. B) Which. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 52. Create a sentence using an adverbial phrase that indicates manner. A) She danced gracefully across the stage. B) She danced with her friends. C) She danced in the rain. D) She danced quickly to the music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She danced gracefully across the stage. 53. What type of adverbial clause is in the sentence:We stayed for the whole performance, though the acting was hilariously bad. A) Reason Clause. B) Condition Clause. C) Time Clause. D) Concession Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concession Clause. 54. My friends advised her to stop doing the housework because her old age. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 55. ..... phrases can modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. A) Independent. B) Adjectival. C) Prepositional. D) Adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverbial. 56. Which part of the sentence acts as an adverbial phrase in:'After the storm passed, the sky cleared up.'? A) After the storm passed. B) Passed the storm. C) The sky cleared up. D) Storm passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the storm passed. 57. Which part of the sentence acts as an adverbial phrase in the sentence:'After the rain stopped, we went outside to play.'? A) While the rain stopped. B) Before the rain stopped. C) During the rain stopped. D) After the rain stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the rain stopped. 58. Select the correct option:Your mother cooks pasta better than my mother does. A) Better than my mother does. B) Cooks pasta better. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooks pasta better. 59. I speak French really ..... No one understands me when I speak it. A) Bad. B) Badly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Badly. 60. Why are adverbs that tell us why an action occurs usually adverbial phrases? A) Because they are always followed by a comma. B) Because one word cannot adequately express a reason. C) Because they modify adjectives instead of verbs. D) Because they are always at the beginning of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because one word cannot adequately express a reason. ← 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