This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Adjective Phrases – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adjective Phrases Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the preposition in the following sentence:Basketball was first played in 1891. A) Played. B) Was. C) In. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 2. Is this a adjective clause or phraseMy uncle told me a funny story about a mistake that he made at a hotel in Paris. A) Adjective clause. B) Adjectivephrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective clause. 3. What is the noun being modified by the adjective phrase in the following example?The house {by the river} floods when it rains. A) The house. B) Floods. C) Rains. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The house. 4. An adjective phrase is a prepositional phrase that describes ..... A) Nouns and pronouns. B) Verbs. C) Adjectives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nouns and pronouns. 5. We can start by giving a great big smile. A) Verb phrase. B) Prepositional Phrase. C) Adjective Phrase. D) Noun Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun Phrase. 6. I felt sorry for the ..... and poor man. A) Annoying. B) Old. C) Brave. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old. 7. There is loud music and a lot of traffic. It's a ..... street. A) Noisy. B) Young. C) Bad. D) Nice. E) Similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noisy. 8. Fill in the blank with the appropriate adjective! We have a ..... apartment, so we can easily host a party for a dozen people. A) Tiny. B) Spacious. C) Confusing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spacious. 9. The cat with the bleeding ear has just been in a fight. A) Ear. B) Fight. C) Bleeding. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cat. 10. Change the adjective clauses in parentheses to adjective phrases. Recent studies ..... (that were conducted) on happiness indicate that a number of factors contribute to how we feel. A) Was conducted. B) Was conducting. C) Conducted. D) Conducting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conducted. 11. Identify the adjective phrase in the sentence: "The small, furry dog barked loudly." A) Small, furry. B) Barked loudly. C) The small dog. D) The furry dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small, furry. 12. Identify the adjective phrase:Some of the pictures have already been developed. A) Been developed. B) The pictures have. C) Some of the. D) Of the pictures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of the pictures. 13. Identify the adjective phrase:The pretty picture of my dog is right here. A) Is right here. B) The pretty Picture. C) Of my dog. D) Picture of my dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of my dog. 14. Combine the two sentences placing the preposition at the beginning of the relative clause:Ron sold the house. He was born in it. A) Ron sold the house that he was born in it. B) Ron sold the house in which he was born. C) Ron sold the house in whom he was born in. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ron sold the house in which he was born. 15. Is this an adjective phrase or clause?It turns out that Uncle Nestor had confused the word for blanket with the word meaning flag. A) Adjectivephrase. B) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectivephrase. 16. Identify the verb that the adverb phrase in the sentence is describing:Leprechauns live over the rainbow. A) Rainbow. B) Over. C) Live. D) Leprechauns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Live. 17. What is the HEAD of the adjective phrases? A) A verb. B) A noun phrase. C) An adverb. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An adjective. 18. The girl with the big bow was cheering loudly. A) Cheering. B) Loudly. C) Girl. D) Bow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Girl. 19. What is the adjective phrase in the following sentence? The burnt, crumbling building will soon be demolished. A) Will soon be. B) Burnt, crumbling. C) Burnt, crumbling building. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burnt, crumbling. 20. Look at that ..... grey elephant eating bananas! A) Soft. B) Huge. C) Kind. D) Tiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Huge. 21. My friend, ..... you met yesterday, told me about a new restaurant. A) Who. B) Where. C) When. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 22. Change the adjective clauses in parentheses to adjective phrases.Part of this interaction often involves humor. Humor and laughing with others allow people to look at situations in a less serious way, ..... (which makes) negative events less stressful. A) Is made. B) Made. C) Is making. D) Making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making. 23. What question is the adjective phrase answering?The key to my back door is under the mat. A) Which door. B) Which mat. C) Which key. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which key. 24. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? The houses are named after the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A) Founders. B) Of Hogwarts. C) Wizardry. D) Are named. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are named. 25. The snake in the cave is very cold. A) Cold. B) Snake. C) Very. D) Cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snake. 26. How many adjective prepositional phrase/s is/are there?Dan bought a colorful bouquet of fresh flowers for Rin. A) 5. B) 2. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 27. What is the adjective phrase in the sentence below? The party down the street is getting crazy. A) Down the street. B) The party. C) Is getting. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down the street. 28. Prepositional phrases never have ..... or the subject. A) Pronouns. B) Verbs. C) Adjectives. D) Articles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbs. 29. Identify whether the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or as an adverb. They sing songs ABOUT PATRIOTISM. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 30. What type of verb can be used as adjectives? A) Simple. B) Perfect. C) Participles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participles. 31. The apple in the tree was juicy. A) Apple. B) Juicy. C) Tree. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apple. 32. What type of phrase is it? The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 33. Read the sentence and choose the appositive that was added to clarify the noun:Paul Newman, famous American actor, directed five motion pictures. A) Paul Newman. B) Directed five motion pictures. C) Famous American actor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Famous American actor. 34. Which adjective phrase is most suited for completing the following sentence? The boys were annoyed by the ..... lines, which had them queue for hours. A) Excessively long. B) Really neat. C) Very organized. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excessively long. 35. Fill in the blank with the appropriate adjective phrase! Our ..... cat keeps finding ways to break into the neighbor's house. A) Gentle, kind. B) Slow and lazy. C) Clever but mischievous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clever but mischievous. 36. How many noun phrases are there in the sentence:My friends are afraid of swimming in the ocean. A) 2. B) 4. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 37. What is the adjective phrase in the following example? The car beside the red one is the one I want to buy. A) Beside the red one. B) The car. C) Is the one I want. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beside the red one. 38. Aiman polished his shoes until they were black and ..... A) Muddy. B) Shiny. C) Dirty. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shiny. 39. Lil Drip's chain with diamonds is heavy. A) Lil Drip. B) Diamonds. C) Chain. D) Heavy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chain. 40. Rewrite the following sentence with an adjective phrase: "The car that he bought last week is red." A) The red car that he bought last week. B) The car that he red bought last week. C) The car that he bought red last week. D) The car that last week he bought is red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The red car that he bought last week. 41. We strolled through the garden.what is the verb that the adverb phrase in the sentence is describing? A) Garden. B) We. C) Through. D) Strolled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strolled. 42. Which group of words is an adjective phrase in the sentence 'He also spent a lot of time in Prague, which is a city in the Czech Republic.'? A) Also spent. B) Which is a city in the Czech Republic. C) In the Czech Republic. D) A lot of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the Czech Republic. 43. We strolled through the garden.what is the adverb phrase in the sentence? A) We strolled. B) The garden. C) Strolled. D) Through the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through the garden. 44. Identify the adjective clause in the sentence:'The people whom I invited to my study session are bringing snacks.' A) 'whom I invited' is the adjective clause describing 'people.'. B) 'to my study session' is the adjective clause describing 'people.'. C) 'The people are bringing snacks' is the adjective clause describing 'people.'. D) 'whom I invited to my study session' is the adjective clause describing 'people.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'whom I invited to my study session' is the adjective clause describing 'people.'. 45. Last Saturday, we spent our day AT THE BEACH. A) Adjective Phrase. B) Adverb Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective Phrase. 46. The sad boy was riding a bicycle with a girl ..... 2 days ago by the police. A) Who was arresting. B) Arrested. C) Arresting. D) Which was arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrested. 47. Write a sentence that includes the adjective phrase 'filled with excitement'. A) The dog was filled with excitement when it saw its owner. B) The room was filled with excitement during the quiet meeting. C) The cake was filled with excitement and tasted delicious. D) The children were filled with excitement as they entered the amusement park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The children were filled with excitement as they entered the amusement park. 48. The festival attracts visitors from all over the country. A) FACT. B) OPINION. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FACT. 49. Identify the adjective phrase:The cookies on the top shelf are for guests. A) The cookies. B) Are for guests. C) The cookies on. D) On the top shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the top shelf. 50. The machine ..... crackers every day was imported from Taiwan 3 years ago. A) Which produce. B) Produced. C) Who produce. D) Which produces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which produces. 51. How do you divide panic? A) Pan/ic. B) Pani/c. C) P/anic. D) Pa/nic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pan/ic. 52. What is the correct word order:small / blue / three / birds? A) Blue small three birds. B) Three blue small birds. C) Small three blue birds. D) Three small blue birds. E) Birds three small blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three small blue birds. 53. Complete the following dialogue with the appropriate phrases. Dialogue:Anita:What makes Labuan Bajo so famous? Boby:It must be because of its ..... A) Clean blue ocean. B) An awful dirty beach. C) A beautiful round table. D) An awful dirty scenery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean blue ocean. 54. Ronald bought fruit shakes FOR HIS FRIEND. A) Adjective Phrase. B) Adverb Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective Phrase. 55. Provide the simple present tense form of 'to go' for he/she/it. A) Gone. B) Go. C) Going. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goes. 56. The adjective phrase in the sentence, "A tapestry beautifully stitched by hand is worth the cost, " functions ..... A) Attributively. B) Predicatively. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attributively. 57. 4-What is the adjective phrase in this sentence? The man in the garden is my father's friend. A) The man. B) The man in the garden. C) In the garden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the garden. 58. The man ..... the bank last week had been arrested by the cops while he was in his parents' farmhouse. A) Robbing. B) Who were robbed. C) Who was robbed. D) Who robs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robbing. 59. Alicia is jogging with some of her friends ..... French very well. A) Who speaks. B) Who is speaking. C) Spoken. D) Who speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who speak. 60. Find the adjective phrase:The girl in the red dress is my sister. A) The girl in. B) Is my sister. 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