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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of speech is the underlined word? The small puppy fell down the steps. A) Adverb. B) Pronoun. C) Preposition. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 2. What is the adjectival phrase in the sentence? Water from the ceiling dripped. A) From the ceiling. B) Water from. C) Dripped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the ceiling. 3. "Super-fast" in "This luxury car is super-fast" is A) Attributive adjective phrase. B) Predicative adjective phrase. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicative adjective phrase. 4. Identify the word that the adjective modifies.The blue, satin dress was exquisite. A) Dress. B) Satin. C) Blue. D) Exquisite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dress. 5. The CD, which Thomas scratched, will no longer play. A) Adjective. B) Adjective Phrase. C) Adjective Clause. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective Clause. 6. How many adjective phrases are there in this sentence: "She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl, and the less because they made her own daughters appear the more odious" . A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 7. Select the adjective phrase from the sentence below. My cousin is going to the school by the park. A) Going to the school. B) My cousin is. C) By the park. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the park. 8. What is the prepositional phrase? The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer. A) Hit the nail. B) With a hammer. C) Hit the nail with a hammer. D) The carpenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a hammer. 9. Identify the adjective phrase in the sentence below.Directions to our new meeting place will be mailed soon. A) Directions. B) To our new meeting place. C) Place will be. D) Will be mailed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To our new meeting place. 10. The woman who is waiting for the train over there is my boss. A) Who waiting for the train. B) Waiting for the train. C) Who waits for the train. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waiting for the train. 11. "Social" in "a social survey" is A) Inherient. B) Non-inherient. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inherient. 12. Find the adjective phrase:Charles brought a girl without an invitation. A) Brought a girl. B) A girl without. C) Without an invitation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Without an invitation. 13. Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence, "The final exams were unbelievably difficult." A) Exam. B) Difficult. C) Unbelievably. D) Final. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficult. 14. Identify the case and number of the following noun-adjective phrase:puella gravis. A) Accusative singular. B) Ablative singular. C) Genitive plural. D) Dative singular. E) Nominative singular. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nominative singular. 15. Find the Adjective Phrase:"A man with a long beard came to see me." A) A man with. B) Came to see me. C) With a long beard. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With a long beard. 16. What is the adverb phrase in this sentence? She runs one-mile everyday. A) One-mile every day. B) She runs. C) Every day. D) One-mile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every day. 17. Of all the mechanics in the shop, Ralph is surely ..... A) The less competent. B) The competentest. C) The least competent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The least competent. 18. Identify the verb that the adverb phrase in the sentence is describing:I parked the car near the bridge. A) Bridge. B) Car. C) Near. D) Parked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parked. 19. Identify whether the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or as an adverb. They worked FOR OUR FREEDOM. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 20. We are visiting my favorite grandmother at her house in the Shenandoah Valley. Which phrase(s) modifies/modify a noun or a pronoun ..... making it an ADJECTIVE phrase. [Remember:adjective phrases are often prepositional phrases ..... but not always.] A) Are visiting. B) My favorite. C) At her house. D) At her house, in the Shenandoah Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At her house, in the Shenandoah Valley. 21. Thanks doggy! You're a ..... boy! A) Bad. B) Quiet. C) Good. D) Same. E) Noisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good. 22. The town ..... we're planning to move has a very solid public school system. A) Which. B) To that. C) To which. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To which. 23. Add more information to the noun using "but"2. Our teacher is ..... (Kind) A) Kind but done. B) Nice but kind. C) Sand and kind. D) Kind but serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kind but serious. 24. Is this an adjective phrase or clause?The clerk thought my uncle wanted to wrap himself in a flag, which would not be very warm. A) Adjectivephrase. B) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective clause. 25. Identify whether the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or as an adverb. There are concerts held AT PUBLIC PARKS. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 26. #7a. Identify the highlighted group of words:The house destroyed in yesterday's fire was the home of one of our church elders. A) Adjective clause. B) Participle phrase. C) Prepositional phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle phrase. 27. The old sage spoke words full of wisdom. A) Old sage spoke. B) Sage spoke words. C) Full of wisdom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of wisdom. 28. When I entered the abandoned house, it was ..... and dark. A) Cold. B) Beautiful. C) Unhappy. D) Bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold. 29. Which rule is correct? A) Always put a comma after THAT. B) Never put a comma after THAT. C) Never put a comma around an adjective clause. D) Always put a comma around an adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never put a comma after THAT. 30. #1b. Identify the highlighted group of words:A person with a contrite heart is the only one whom God will forgive. A) Adjective clause. B) Participle phrase. C) Prepositional phrase. D) None of above. 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