This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Adjective Phrases – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adjective Phrases Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many components do premodifiers have? A) 3. B) 1. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 2. Which sentence has a preposition functioning as an adjective? A) Near the walkway is a stray dog. B) The teacher next to me is intelligent. C) I swam in the ocean last summer. D) The duck in the pond is beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The duck in the pond is beautiful. 3. Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence, "She was proud of her son winning the science fair." ? A) Proud. B) Winning. C) Science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proud. 4. Which of the following completes the sentence, 'Maggie's friends, ..... are going to be her bridesmaids.'? A) A couple of whom showed up in the party. B) They showed up in the party. C) A couple showed up in the party. D) A couple of them showed up in the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A couple of whom showed up in the party. 5. Identify the word the underlined phrase modifies and tell if it's an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase.Throughout the spring, Ava spent her time in the garden. A) Time; adverb. B) Ava; adjective. C) Flowers; adjective. D) Spent; adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spent; adverb. 6. Katherine has a job interview in two days. A) Reason. B) Place. C) Time. D) Frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 7. What does an adverb phrase modify? A) A phrase. B) Modify verbs, adjectives, or another adverb. C) Modify nouns or pronouns or tells us something about the noun it's modifying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modify verbs, adjectives, or another adverb. 8. Find the Verb Phrase:"Mary will have been playing the flute for ten years next month." A) Will have been. B) Playing. C) Will. D) Will have been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have been playing. 9. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:Look down the mountain, and tell me what you see. A) Down the mountain. B) What you see. C) Look down. D) Tell me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down the mountain. 10. Find the adjective phrase:Adam became principal of the school last Thursday. A) Adam became. B) Of the school. C) School last Thursday. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the school. 11. What is the object of the adjective phrase(s)? Helga's cousin from New Orleans waited in the living room. A) Helga. B) Room. C) New Orleans. D) Waited. E) Cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Orleans. 12. Which preposition should be used to make the sentence correct? You are the wind ..... my wings. A) Under. B) Underneath. C) Below. D) Beneath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beneath. 13. Exclamatory adjective sentences: A) Is used in exclamation. B) Follow the nouns they modify. C) Have personal reference. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is used in exclamation. 14. Natasha wanted to take a course with ..... professor. A) That interesting new Japanese. B) That interesting, new, Japanese, economics. C) That Japanese interesting, new economics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That interesting, new, Japanese, economics. 15. Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence, "The highly emotive actor gave a wonderful performance." ? A) Wonderful. B) Performance. C) Highly. D) Emotive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotive. 16. What type of phrase is this? Jack will sit in silence. A) Adjective phrase, because it tells that he is sitting. B) Adverbial phrase, because it modifies a noun. C) Adverbial phrase, because sit in silence is functioning as an adverb. D) Adjective phrase, because in silence is describing how he is sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbial phrase, because sit in silence is functioning as an adverb. 17. Which of the following completes the sentence, 'The physics theories, ..... are needed in the exam.'? A) All of whom are hard to understand. B) All of them are hard to understand. C) All of which are hard to understand. D) All of it are hard to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of which are hard to understand. 18. What is a adjective phrase? A) A bunch of words that has four verbs and one noun it it. B) A verb that describes another verb that acts as an adjective. C) A group of words headed by an adjective that modifies a noun. D) A group of words headed by an adjective that modifies and verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of words headed by an adjective that modifies a noun. 19. Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence, "She is rather fond of skiing." ? A) Rather. B) Fond. C) Skiing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fond. 20. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The class traveled through Spain and Italy. A) The class traveled. B) Through Spain. C) Through Spain and Italy. D) Traveled through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through Spain and Italy. 21. What is the adjective phrase referring to? Raphael enjoys reading articles about early space exploration. A) Space. B) Raphael. C) Enjoys. D) Exploration. E) Articles. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Articles. 22. Identify the word the underlined phrase modifies and tell if it's an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase.Chase watched an interesting video on the tank battles of World War II. A) Video; adjective. B) Watched; adverb. C) Interesting; adverb. D) Chase; adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Video; adjective. 23. Find the adjective prepositional phrase:They show great respect for their elders. A) Their elders. B) For their elders. C) They show great. D) Great respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For their elders. 24. Which sentence has an Adjective phrase A) Jack brought the flowers for his mother. B) We must finish our project before the holidays. C) The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer. D) The candy was dark chocolate brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The candy was dark chocolate brown. 25. Find the adjective prepositional phrase:A friend in need is a friend indeed. A) Friend indeed. B) A friend. C) Is a friend. D) In need. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In need. 26. Select the noun from the sentence below that the adjective phrase (by the park) modifies/describes My friend is going to the school by the park. A) Going. B) School. C) Friend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) School. 27. How many syntactic functions does adjective phrase have? A) 5. B) 4. C) 7. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 28. The car which is being parked there is Ferarri. A) The car parked there is Ferarri. B) The car being parked there is Ferarri. C) The car parking there is Ferarri. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car being parked there is Ferarri. 29. Which preposition best completes the sentence? She went ..... the church. A) On. B) Over. C) To. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 30. Correct or incorrect? Are the independent and the dependent/subordinate clauses written correctly? The electrician which works down the street can do the job for us. A) Incorrect dependent clause. B) Incorrect independent clause. C) Both clauses are correct. D) Both clauses are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect dependent clause. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdjective Phrases Quiz 1Adjective Phrases Quiz 2Adjective Phrases Quiz 3Adjective Phrases Quiz 4Adjective Phrases Quiz 5Adjective Phrases Quiz 6Adjective Phrases Quiz 8Adjective Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books