This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Adjective Phrases – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adjective Phrases Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the adjective phrase in the following sentence? "The sun is really bright today. A) Really bright today. B) Really bright. C) Is really bright today. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Really bright today. 2. The bank with the best security kept out the robbers. A) Bank. B) Security. C) Robbers. D) Best. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bank. 3. How can these two sentences be combined to include an adjective clause? a. The new car is parked outside. b. The new car belongs to Bob. A) The new car that is parked outside belongs to Bob. B) Bob's new car is parked outside. C) Bob parked his new car outside. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The new car that is parked outside belongs to Bob. 4. Adjective or Adverb? Please place this bowl of fruit on the table. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 5. Adjective Phrases often answer ..... A) Who are you?. B) How am I?. C) Where?. D) Which one or what kind?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which one or what kind?. 6. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Cedric had been the school's first champion. A) Had. B) Been the. C) Had been. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 7. What is the adjective phrase in this sentence?People in the news are frequently embarrassed. A) People in the news. B) In the news. C) Are frequently. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the news. 8. What is one of the nouns in this sentence? My sister jumped on her new bed. A) My. B) On. C) Jumped. D) Sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sister. 9. Which preposition best completes the sentence?She went ..... the church. A) On. B) To. C) Into. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 10. The onion soup is thick and ..... A) Nice. B) Big. C) Dirty. D) Juicy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nice. 11. She is the woman ..... I used to work with. A) Who son. B) Whose son. C) Of whose son. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whose son. 12. What question is the adjective phrase answering?The shoes with the purple soles are my moms. A) Which color. B) Which soles. C) Which shoes. D) Which person owns them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which shoes. 13. Is this adjective phrase or clause?The clerk at the desk looked puzzled. A) Adjective phrase. B) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective phrase. 14. #9a. Identify the highlighted group of words:The peace that God gives passes all understanding of man. A) Adjective clause. B) Participle phrase. C) Prepositional phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective clause. 15. What is the adjective phrase in this sentence?The cottage beside the gurgling brook was sold a year ago. A) The cottage beside. B) Beside the gurgling brook. C) A year ago. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beside the gurgling brook. 16. Which noun is being modified by the adjective phrase?The newspapers, having been written in the last century, contained a lot of useful information. A) Century. B) Information. C) Newspapers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Newspapers. 17. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Harry is learning things about magic and his past. A) Past. B) During. C) Is learning. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is learning. 18. The boat in the ocean is saving the swimmer's life. A) Swimmer. B) Boat. C) Ocean. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boat. 19. His shoes are ..... and smelly. A) Hot. B) Red. C) Dirty. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dirty. 20. The frog's skin is wet and ..... A) Furry. B) Long. C) Shiny. D) Slimy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slimy. 21. My classmates and I found out by looking through a magnifying glass. A) Verb phrase. B) Adverb Phrase. C) Noun Phrase. D) Prepositional Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun Phrase. 22. What type of words can adjective phrases modify? A) Any type of word. B) Nouns and pronouns. C) Verbs, adjective, and adverbs. D) Nouns and verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nouns and pronouns. 23. Television networks nowadays offer very poor tv shows. A) Verb phrase. B) Noun Phrase. C) Adjective Phrase. D) Adverb Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective Phrase. 24. Where should adjective phrases be placed in a sentence? A) Before a noun/pronoun. B) Both options are correct. C) After a noun/pronoun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both options are correct. 25. "Despite threats of being arrested, Sen. Trillanes files a new Senate resolution." What NOUN phrase is used in the sentence? A) Sen. Trillanes files. B) Despite threats. C) A new Senate resolution. D) Of being arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A new Senate resolution. 26. What is the adjective phrase in the following example? My uncle with the lake house invited us to stay. A) My uncle. B) With the lake house. C) Invited us to stay. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the lake house. 27. The opposite of thin is ..... A) Full. B) Fast. C) Fat. D) Far. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fat. 28. Draw a picture of your school A) Of your school. B) Draw a picture. C) A picture of your school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of your school. 29. Which noun is being modified by the prepositional phrase?We read the newspapers from the past. A) Past. B) We. C) Read. D) Newspapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Newspapers. 30. #4a. Identify the highlighted group of words:Smitten with leprosy, Miriam, who had rebelled against her brother, left the camp of Israel. A) Adjective clause. B) Participle phrase. C) Prepositional phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle phrase. 31. The police in the car are coming to get me. A) Car. B) Police. C) Get. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Police. 32. What is the adjective phrase in the following example? The present inside the big box is mine. A) The present. B) Inside the big box. C) Is mine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inside the big box. 33. Select correct punctuation: A) The fact that gum is bad for your teeth has been proved by many dentists. B) The fact, that gum is bad for your teeth, has been proved by many dentists. C) The fact that gum is bad for your teeth has been proved, by many dentists. D) The fact that gum is bad for your teeth, has been proved by many dentists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fact that gum is bad for your teeth has been proved by many dentists. 34. Hilda's father bought her a ..... and expensive present for her birthday. A) Cheap. B) Ugly. C) Boring. D) Special. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Special. 35. What is the noun being modified by the adjective phrase in the following example? The announcement {during class} interrupted the lesson. A) The announcement. B) Interrupted. C) The lesson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The announcement. 36. The pretzel in the salt is hot! A) Salt. B) Pretzel. C) Hot. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretzel. 37. When Mr Smith reached home, he was tired and ..... A) Crying. B) Strong. C) Hungry. D) Weird. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hungry. 38. Identify the noun phrase in the sentence: "She took a long shower after her workout." A) Took a shower. B) A long shower. C) Her workout. D) After her workout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A long shower. 39. Identify the adjective phrase in the sentence:The old man with a long beard is my grandfather. A) The old man. B) The old man with. C) Is my grandfather. D) With a long beard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With a long beard. 40. What type of phrase is it? Jack bought the flowers for his mother. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 41. What word does the adjective phrase modify? Do these animals follow a pattern of self-destruction? A) Destruction. B) Follow. C) Pattern. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pattern. 42. After which of these words we NEVER put a comma in adjective clauses? A) That. B) Which. C) Whom. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 43. What is the adjective clause in this sentence?A polar bear uses his front paws and short, sharp claws for holding on to prey that is slippery. A) His front paws. B) On to the prey. C) That is slippery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That is slippery. 44. The prepositional phrase "of her Poptart" modifies (or describes) what word in the following sentence:Hailey gave her teacher half of her Poptart. A) Hailey. B) Teacher. C) Gave. D) Half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Half. 45. These ripe mangoes are sweet and ..... A) Disgusting. B) Spicy. C) Juicy. D) Bitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juicy. 46. Adjective phrases are prepositional phrases that modifies (or describes) ..... A) A noun or a pronoun. B) A verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A noun or a pronoun. 47. Fill in the blank with the appropriate adjective phrase! My room is ..... , because I haven't had any time to tidy up. A) Incredibly clean. B) Really messy. C) Plain, white. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really messy. 48. Identify the verb that the adverb phrase in the sentence is describing:I had wanted a pet for a long time. A) For a long time. B) A long time. C) A pet. D) Had wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had wanted. 49. #5. Identify the highlighted group of words:He that would wear the crown must first bear the cross. A) Adjective clause. B) Participle phrase. C) Prepositional phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective clause. 50. The trees in the park near my house are tall and ..... A) Windy. B) Cheap. C) White. D) Shady. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shady. 51. What question is the adjective phrase answering?The big box in the living room is a package my dad ordered. A) What did he order. B) Which dad. C) Which room. D) Which box. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which box. 52. Choose the Adverbial Phrase:The plane flew between the two buildings. A) Between the two buildings. B) The two. C) Between. D) The plane flew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between the two buildings. 53. The leaves of this tree are glossy A) Are glossy. B) Of this tree. C) Trees are glossy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees are glossy. 54. He carried a sword stained with blood. A) Carried a sword. B) With blood. C) Stained with blood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With blood. 55. Which group of words is an adjective clause in the sentence 'Uncle Nestor worked for a while on a ship that sailed the Caribbean.'? A) For a while. B) That sailed the Caribbean. C) On a ship. D) Uncle Nestor worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That sailed the Caribbean. 56. The road leading to the church is very muddy A) Road leading to the church. B) Is very muddy. C) The road leading to the church. D) Leading to the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leading to the church. 57. It's friendly and full of tricks. What a ..... dog! A) Bad. B) Noisy. C) Similar. D) Nice. E) Young. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nice. 58. What word does the adjective phrase modify? Cozy homes underneath the ground protect young lemmings. A) Young. B) Homes. C) Protect. D) Cozy. E) Lemmings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homes. 59. How many adverb phrases do you find in the following sentence?On weekends my sister works until noon. A) 4. B) 1. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 60. Fill in the blank with the appropriate adjective! That enormous, abandoned house is ..... at night. A) Comforting. B) Terrifying. C) Crowded. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrifying. ← 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 7Adjective Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books