This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Infinitive Phrases – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Infinitive Phrases Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find the infinitive phrase in the sentence:'To cook a perfect meal requires patience.' A) Requires patience. B) Cook a perfect meal. C) Perfect meal. D) To cook a perfect meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To cook a perfect meal. 2. Use a gerund phrase in a sentence. A) Swim in the ocean is my favorite activity. B) Swimming in the ocean are my favorite activity. C) Swimming in the ocean is my favorite activity. D) To swim in the ocean is my favorite activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming in the ocean is my favorite activity. 3. In which sentence is the infinitive phrase used as an adverb to explain *why* something is being done? A) Her dream is to travel the world. B) I have a lot of chores to do this weekend. C) To get good seats, we arrived at the concert early. D) He really likes to build things with LEGOs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get good seats, we arrived at the concert early. 4. Which sentence uses an infinitive as a subject? A) We need to study harder. B) They plan to visit tomorrow. C) To err is human. D) She wants to succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To err is human. 5. Identify the infinitive phrase in this sentence:'The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.' A) The best time. B) Was twenty years ago. C) Twenty years ago. D) To plant a tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To plant a tree. 6. Determine how the infinitive phrase is being used in the sentence. Fifty years ago, people didn't know to avoid bad cholesterol. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 7. Find the predicate:The other mother wanted to keep Coraline. A) Wanted. B) Keep. C) To keep. D) Coraline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanted. 8. Identify the function of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:She learned to knit baby blankets. A) Adverb. B) Predicate noun. C) Direct object. D) Adjective. E) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct object. 9. The constitution was written to provide the boundaries of American rights and laws. The infinitive phrase is used as ..... A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 10. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:She wants to learn how to play the guitar. A) How to play the guitar. B) Wants to learn how to play. C) She wants to learn. D) To learn how to play the guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To learn how to play the guitar. 11. For years, the volunteers visited communities in various countries ..... the people. A) A. to help. B) B. to fix. C) C. to adjust. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. to help. 12. How is the infinitive phrase used in the sentence:'He went to the store to buy some milk.'? A) As an adjective. B) As a noun. C) As a subject. D) As an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As an adverb. 13. In the sentence 'He called to ask for help, ' what role does the infinitive phrase play? A) It describes a condition. B) It indicates a time frame. C) It provides a definition. D) It indicates purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It indicates purpose. 14. Identify the type of infinitive phrase:Keshia forgot to watch video about Noli Me Tangere. A) As a noun. B) As an adjective. C) As an adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a noun. 15. Para + infinitive = A) In order to. B) Except. C) To have to. D) To need to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In order to. 16. I'm really happy ..... you. A) To see. B) Seeing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see. 17. I like it but it's difficult ..... all the words. A) To know. B) Knowing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To know. 18. There are five different types of dragons, but it is the imperial dragon that is chosen to dance through the streets. A) Noun. B) ADJ. C) ADV. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ADV. 19. Identify the infinitive phrase. If there is no infinitive, choose none.Tony didn't have the heart to tell them the bad news. A) Didn't have the heart. B) To tell them. C) The bad news. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To tell them. 20. What is the purpose of an infinitive in a sentence? A) To express a command. B) To indicate a future action. C) To show an intention or purpose. D) To describe a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show an intention or purpose. 21. ..... are used for perfect tenses and passive voice constructions. A) Present Participle. B) Past Perfect Participle. C) Future Participle. D) Past Participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Participle. 22. What is the ending of the present participle? A) -ly. B) -ed. C) -ing. D) -en. E) -ness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ing. 23. What is the participial phrase in this sentence?Entering the website, I saw my articles. A) Entering the website. B) I saw. C) My articles. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entering the website. 24. To travel all across Italy is Lucretia's New Year resolution. A) Object. B) Subject. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 25. Identify the function of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:I want to eat dinner. A) Expressing past action. B) Expressing purpose or intention. C) Indicating possession. D) Describing location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressing purpose or intention. 26. He is the player to start the game. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 27. What's the verbal?The new student, taking a tour of the school, is here from Florida. A) Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 28. Rewrite the sentence using a relative infinitive Emily has recently got married. She is the first of my sisters who has done so. A) Emily is the first of my sisters to have got married. B) Emily is the first to my sisters to have got married. C) Emily is the first the my sisters for have got married. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emily is the first of my sisters to have got married. 29. ..... is made up of an infinitive with modifiers or complements, all acting together as a single part of speech. A) Adverb Phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Prepositional Phrase. D) Infinitive Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infinitive Phrase. 30. Which type of phrase begins with the word to + a verb? A) Participial. B) Appositive. C) Prepositional. D) Gerund. E) Infinitive. 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