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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find the adjective prepositional phrase:My favorite writer of science fiction is Ray Bradbury. A) Of science fiction. B) Is Ray Bradbury. C) My favorite writer. D) Writer of science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of science fiction. 2. The Avengers is the ..... movie I've ever seen. A) Most excited. B) Most excitable. C) Most exciting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most excited. 3. "Indeed" is in " ..... " structure of adjective phrase. A) Premodifier. B) Head. C) Postmodifier. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Postmodifier. 4. Which preposition should be used to make the sentence correct? She was actually calm ..... the chaos. A) Beneath. B) On. C) Amid. D) Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amid. 5. The huge whale shark, however, falls under the "not dangerous" category. Find the prepositional phrase and identify what type it is. A) However, falls-adjective. B) Under the "not dangerous category"-adverb. C) The huge whale shark-adjective phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the "not dangerous category"-adverb. 6. Correct or incorrect? Are the independent and the dependent/subordinate clauses written correctly? This is the park where we can walk the dogs. A) Incorrect dependent clause. B) Incorrect independent clause. C) Both clauses are correct. D) Both clauses are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both clauses are correct. 7. Noun modified:That is my glass of water. A) That. B) Glass. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glass. 8. What is NOT a prepositional phrase in this sentence? The teacher gave directions for the exam and then sat down at the back of the room waiting for kids to start. A) To start. B) For the exam. C) At the back. D) Of the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To start. 9. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The story takes place during the time when the Nazis overtook Poland. A) The story takes place. B) During the time. C) The time when the Nazis overtook Poland. D) Nazis overtook Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the time. 10. Which of the following underlined group of words is functioning as an adjective? A) She picked up her phone, shattered and damaged from dropping it. B) Sara and Jason are siblings, but they act like best friends. C) We adopted the dog from the animal shelter last week. D) She wants to be a doctor when she grows up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She picked up her phone, shattered and damaged from dropping it. 11. How many adverb phrases do you find in the following sentence? On weekends my sister works until noon. A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 12. What word does the underlined adjective phrase in the sentence below modify? Please pick up the clothes on the floor. A) Please. B) Clothes. C) Pick up. D) Floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clothes. 13. Identify the word the underlined phrase modifies and tell if it's an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase.The boy with a broken leg cried during a soccer game. A) Had injured; adverb. B) Boy; adjective. C) Injured; adverb. D) Cried; adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cried; adverb. 14. Identify the function of the underlined word(s) in the sentence:The horse ran off our property during the night. A) Subject. B) Predicate. C) Preposition. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 15. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence? During spring break, friends from my hometown and I went to Sunset Beach. A) During spring break. B) From my hometown. C) To sunset beach. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Find the adjective phrase:They show great respect for their elders. A) They show great. B) Great respect. C) For their elders. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For their elders. 17. Which of these words in the following sentence are considered as an adjective phrase? The birthday gift from his parents surprised John. A) Surprised John. B) From his parents. C) From his. D) The birthday gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From his parents. 18. I like all movies ..... Benedict Cumberbatch. A) Starring. B) Is starred. C) Is starring. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Starring. 19. What is the preposition in the underlined adjective phrase in the sentence below? A woman in a white dress escorted guests to their seats. A) A. B) In. C) Dress. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 20. What is the adjective phrase in this sentence? She runs one-mile of the trail everyday. A) Of the trail everyday. B) One-mile every day. C) Of the trail. D) One-mile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of the trail. 21. This movie, ..... by Clint Eastwood, is a powerful movie. A) Directed. B) Is directing. C) Is directed. D) Directing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directed. 22. Which of the following group of words is functioning as an adjective? A) This is the restaurant where kids eat for free. B) I have always wanted to travel to Europe. C) The soccer team has play-offs next Friday. D) His family owns a bakery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is the restaurant where kids eat for free. 23. What is the adjective clause? I know someone whose grandfather served in World War II. A) Whose grandfather served in World War II. B) Whose grandfather served. C) Someone whose grandfather. D) I know someone. E) In World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose grandfather served in World War II. 24. What is the adverb phrase referring to? The day before Memorial Day, Henry visited his grandfather for two hours. A) Day. B) Grandfather. C) Henry. D) Visited. E) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visited. 25. Which noun is being modified by the prepositional phrase? We read the newspapers from the past. A) Newspapers. B) We. C) Read. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newspapers. 26. We are visiting my favorite grandmother who lives in Tennessee. Which phrase modifies a noun or a pronoun ..... making it an ADJECTIVE phrase. [Remember:adjective phrases are ALSO prepositional phrases.] A) Are visiting. B) My favorite. C) Who lives in Tennessee. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who lives in Tennessee. 27. "Social" in "a social animal" is A) Inherient. B) Non-inherent. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-inherent. 28. Find a noun phrase in the following sentence.Trees tumbled down the dangerous mountain path. A) Down the dangerous mountain path. B) The dangerous mountain path. C) The dangerous mountain. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dangerous mountain path. 29. What is the object of the adverb phrase(s)? The day before Memorial Day, Henry visited his grandfather for two hours. A) Day. B) Hours. C) Henry. D) Visited. E) Grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hours. 30. What is the object of the adjective phrase(s)? The day before Memorial Day, Henry visited his grandfather for two hours. A) The. B) Before. C) Henry. D) Memorial Day. E) Grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Memorial Day. ← 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