This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Adverbs > Adverbial Phrase – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Phrase Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of an adverbial phrase in a sentence? A) To modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs by providing additional context. B) To replace nouns in a sentence. C) To connect two independent clauses. D) To provide the main subject of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs by providing additional context. 2. What is the primary function of an adverbial phrase? A) To modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. B) To serve as the subject of a sentence. C) To connect two independent clauses. D) To replace a noun in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. 3. Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "On cold days, I stay inside and work on my computer." A) Adjectival prepositional phrase. B) Adverbial prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial prepositional phrase. 4. I didn't perform not very well on the exam. A) Adjective Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial Phrase. 5. She lives in a palatial home. A) Palatial home. B) Lives. C) In a palatial home. D) No adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a palatial home. 6. Choose an adverbial phrase which fits into this sentence: A) At the weekend. B) Every day. C) In the evening. D) In a lazy way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every day. 7. Select the best adverbial phrase to complete the sentence below: ..... he decided to take a nap. A) On the table. B) After lunch. C) During the meeting. D) Before the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After lunch. 8. Adverb clauses modify ..... , adjectives, and other adverbs. A) Prepositions. B) Pronouns. C) Verbs. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbs. 9. Identify the adverb of time:I will eat my dinner then have some ice-cream. A) Then. B) Eat. C) Have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 10. What type of adverbial phrase is this?through the tall grass A) Degree (how much). B) Frequency (how often). C) In what manner (how). D) Place (where). E) Time (when). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place (where). 11. What is an adjective clause? A) Is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. B) Is an independent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. C) Is a dependent clause that modifies a verb. D) Is an independent clause that modifies a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. 12. Identify the adverb phrase(s) in the sentence:Meet me at the mall later this evening. A) Later this evening. B) At the mall. C) Meet me. D) At the mall; later this evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the mall; later this evening. 13. Identify the adjective phrase in the sentence:'The store on the corner was damaged during a severe hailstorm.' A) On the corner. B) The store. C) Was damaged. D) During a severe hailstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the corner. 14. Differentiate:'quickly' and 'in a hurry'. Which is an adverb and which is an adverbial phrase? A) 'quickly' is an adverbial phrase; 'in a hurry' is an adverb. B) Both 'quickly' and 'in a hurry' are adverbs. C) 'quickly' is a noun; 'in a hurry' is an adjective. D) 'quickly' is an adverb; 'in a hurry' is an adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'quickly' is an adverb; 'in a hurry' is an adverbial phrase. 15. In Mexico we celebrate Independence Day every September 16th. We celebrate it ..... A) All the year. B) Every month. C) Once a year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Once a year. 16. Create a sentence using an adverbial phrase to show when the party will start. A) The party will start at 6 AM. B) The party will start at lunchtime. C) The party will start at midnight. D) The party will start at 8 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The party will start at 8 PM. 17. The aroma of my grandmother's baking was often strong. A) Adjectival phrase. B) Adverbial phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectival phrase. 18. Why are adverbial phrases important in writing? A) Adverbial phrases are only used in informal writing. B) Adverbial phrases complicate sentences unnecessarily. C) Adverbial phrases clarify and enhance the meaning of sentences. D) Adverbial phrases are irrelevant in writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbial phrases clarify and enhance the meaning of sentences. 19. Choose the adverbial phrase in the following sentence:She completed the project with remarkable speed. A) She completed. B) The project. C) Completed the project. D) With remarkable speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With remarkable speed. 20. How is the red phrase functioning? The teacher was disturbed at Troy's attitude. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 21. Click on the adverbial phrase in this sentence:The children are going to the cinema after school A) The children are going to the cinema. B) The children. C) After school. D) Going to the cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After school. 22. Use an adverbial phrase to explain where you found your book. A) In the kitchen drawer. B) On the shelf in the library. C) Under my bed. D) On the coffee table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the shelf in the library. 23. Operating this machine is easy ..... you have to follow the instructions. A) Basically. B) Gradually. C) Obviously. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basically. 24. I have not been sleeping well ..... It must be the coffee. A) Late. B) Lately. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lately. 25. What type of phrase is it?The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer. A) Adverbial. B) Adjectival. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverbial. 26. How many adverbs? I ran back to help her but I slipped and fell. A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 27. 2 I'm working part-time right now / actually, but I think they'll offer me a full-time job soon. A) Right now. B) Actually. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right now. 28. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:'The car parked in front of the house belongs to my uncle.' A) In front of the house. B) Belongs to my uncle. C) The car parked. D) To my uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In front of the house. 29. Which sentence answers the question "Why?" A) We arrived early. B) They are at the park. C) He left because he was tired. D) She walks carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He left because he was tired. 30. I haven't heard from Mike ..... He must be very busy. A) Lately. B) Late. C) Hardly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lately. ← 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 8Adverbial Phrase Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books