This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Noun Phrases – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Noun Phrases Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the expanded noun phrase in the sentence: "The children ran toward the green metal gates." A) Toward the gates. B) Ran toward. C) Green metal gates. D) The children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green metal gates. 2. Analyze the noun phrase structure in:'The little girl with a red hat.' A) Noun + Adjective + Prepositional Phrase. B) Adjective + Determiner + Noun + Prepositional Phrase. C) The noun phrase structure is:Determiner + Adjective + Noun + Prepositional Phrase. D) Determiner + Noun + Adjective + Prepositional Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The noun phrase structure is:Determiner + Adjective + Noun + Prepositional Phrase. 3. The new climate and rough conditions were ..... to the Jamestown settlers. A) Debilitating. B) Naive. C) Colleagues. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debilitating. 4. What is a modifier in a noun phrase? A) A word that functions as an adjective. B) A word that functions as a verb. C) A word that describes a noun. D) A word that functions as a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word that describes a noun. 5. Lionel Messi is a football player from Argentina who plays for Inter Miami. He has won the Ballon D'Or, the annual award given to the best player in the world, 8 times, 2022 FIFA World Cup winner and an Olympic gold medal winner in 2008. He was born in 1987 in Rosario, Argentina's third-biggest city.Lionel Messi ..... got annual winner to the best player A) Has. B) Have. C) Is. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 6. Find the expanded noun phrase in the sentence: "They walked past the old wooden fence near the park." A) Past the fence. B) Near the park. C) They walked. D) Old wooden fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old wooden fence. 7. Identify the noun phrases in the sentence:'The children played in the park all afternoon.' A) All afternoon. B) The children played. C) In the park. D) ['The children', 'the park']. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ['The children', 'the park']. 8. Combine the following sentences using an appositive: "My brother is a doctor. He works at the city hospital." A) My brother works at the city hospital, a doctor. B) My brother works, a doctor, at the city hospital. C) My brother, a doctor, works at the city hospital. D) A doctor, my brother works at the city hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother, a doctor, works at the city hospital. 9. What type of verb is 'am' in the sentence 'I am excited.'? A) Linking verb. B) Transitive verb. C) Intransitive verb. D) Action verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linking verb. 10. Differentiate between the noun phrase and the adjective phrase in:'The old man walked slowly.' A) Noun phrase:'The man'; Adjective phrase:'old man'. B) Noun phrase:'The old man walked'; Adjective phrase:'slowly'. C) Noun phrase:'The old man'; Adjective phrase:'old'. D) Noun phrase:'The old'; Adjective phrase:'man walked slowly'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun phrase:'The old man'; Adjective phrase:'old'. 11. Identify the expanded noun phrase in the sentence: "Lucy wore a bright, spotty dress to the party." A) Wore a dress. B) To the party. C) Bright, spotty dress. D) Lucy wore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bright, spotty dress. 12. Create an expanded noun phrase for the noun "tree." A) Tree tall. B) The tall, green tree. C) Tree swings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tall, green tree. 13. The relative clause in the following sentence: "My friend Ronnie, whose eyes are blue, is super creative" is a ..... A) Defining Relative Clause. B) The limit doesn't exist. C) Non-Defining Relative Clause. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-Defining Relative Clause. 14. Identify the noun phrase in the given sentence:The old oak tree stands tall in the park. A) In the park. B) Stands tall. C) The. D) Old oak tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old oak tree. 15. What is the function of the noun clause "that still cameras helped activists frame the movement" in this sentence? "Raiford writes that still cameras helped activists frame the movement." A) Object of the verb. B) Object of the preposition. C) Subject. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of the verb. 16. Identify the verb-noun phrase in the following sentence:The dancer performed an elegant routine. A) An elegant routine. B) Performed an elegant routine. C) Performed routine. D) Dancer performed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Performed an elegant routine. 17. Which of the following is an example of apposition? A) The new teacher is very kind. B) William Shakespeare, a famous playwright, was born in 1564. C) The man who called me was very polite. D) The book that I bought is interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare, a famous playwright, was born in 1564. 18. What is the role of a determiner in a noun phrase? A) To modify a noun phrase. B) To replace a noun phrase. C) To introduce a noun phrase. D) To act as the main noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To introduce a noun phrase. 19. What noun phrases can you find in this sentence:'The beautiful garden attracted many visitors.' A) The beautiful garden and visitors. B) The garden was beautiful. C) ['The beautiful garden', 'many visitors']. D) Attracted many visitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ['The beautiful garden', 'many visitors']. 20. Identify the noun phrase in this sentence:'The famous author wrote a bestseller.' A) The famous writer. B) The famous author. C) A popular novel. D) The bestselling book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The famous author. 21. Function of the noun phrase "the big guy" in the sentence: "the big guy helped me with the boxes" A) Subject. B) Object. C) Subject predicative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 22. Choose the correct adjective:'The dog is very ..... (playful/playfully). A) Playful. B) Lazy. C) Active. D) Playfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playful. 23. Differentiate between the phrases: "A bouquet of roses" and "A bouquet is on the table." A) Both are noun phrases. B) The first is a noun phrase, the second is a complete sentence. C) Both are complete sentences. D) The first is a complete sentence, the second is a noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first is a noun phrase, the second is a complete sentence. 24. Find the expanded noun phrase: "The playful monkeys in the tall trees swung from branch to branch." A) The playful monkeys. B) The tall trees. C) The playful monkeys in the tall trees. D) Branch to branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The playful monkeys in the tall trees. 25. Identify a verb-noun phrase in a sentence. A) They paint beautiful pictures in art class. B) He dances clumsily and is always tripping. C) I run slowly. I won't win. D) She sings beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They paint beautiful pictures in art class. 26. Identify the noun phrase:I tried to solve the puzzle. A) The puzzle. B) I tried. C) I tried to solve. D) Tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The puzzle. 27. The boy ..... very polite, the appropriate to be is ..... A) Are. B) Does. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 28. She played with her lion, I played with ..... A) It. B) Myself. C) My. D) Mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mine. 29. Choose the sentence with the expanded noun phrase: A) The fast horse. B) The horse ran fast. C) Horse jumping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fast horse. 30. What is the noun phrase in this sentence? "Photographers with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were particularly important." A) Southern Christian Leadership Conference. B) Were particularly important. C) Photographers with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. D) Photographers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photographers with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 31. Because Mr. Broxton's new management position came with a significant pay increase, he promptly ..... from his job. A) Debilitated. B) Resigned. C) Commerced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resigned. 32. What is the most important part in noun phrases? A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 33. Library is an example of a noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. In the beautiful garden filled with colorful flowers A) Beautiful. B) Flowers. C) Garden. D) Colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garden. 35. Differentiate between the nouns and verbs in the sentence:'The children played in the playground.' A) Nouns:children, playground; Verb:played. B) Nouns:children, played; Verb:playground. C) Nouns:playground, played; Verb:children. D) Nouns:playground; Verb:children, played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nouns:children, playground; Verb:played. 36. Combine the phrases:'the red car' and 'the fast bike' into a single noun phrase. A) The red truck and the fast bike. B) The red car with the fast bike. C) The blue car and the slow bike. D) The red car and the fast bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The red car and the fast bike. 37. Find the noun phrase:This supplement is formulated specifically for the needs of active kids. A) This supplement is formulated. B) Formulated specifically for. C) The needs of active kids. D) Active kids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The needs of active kids. 38. Use two adjectives to expand the noun phrase:'The car.' A) The old rusty car. B) The small electric car. C) The blue slow car. D) The red fast car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The red fast car. 39. Noun phrase is ..... A) A group of words that has function as a noun. B) A group of words that has small function. C) A group of words that has consist of noun and verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of words that has function as a noun. 40. Identify the subject in the sentence:'The flowers are blooming.' A) Flowers. B) Are. C) The. D) Blooming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowers. 41. The local Mosque is close to my house. A) Noun Phrase. B) Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 42. Identify the verb-noun phrase in the following sentence:The writer wrote an inspiring novel. A) Painted a beautiful picture. B) Read a boring book. C) Sang a sad song. D) Wrote an inspiring novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote an inspiring novel. 43. In my country, you supposed to take off your shoes before entering. A) In my country, you supposed to take off your shoes before entering. B) In my country, you are supposed to take off your shoes before entering. C) In my country, you are supposed taking off your shoes before entering. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In my country, you are supposed to take off your shoes before entering. 44. Which of the following is an example of a noun phrase with a determiner and a post-modifier? A) Some popular books. B) A books on astronomy. C) Large sheets. D) Old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A books on astronomy. 45. Which is the expanded noun phrase in the sentence: "The bright, colourful flowers bloomed in the spring." A) Bright, colourful flowers. B) The spring. C) In the spring. D) Bloomed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bright, colourful flowers. 46. Which option shows the expanded noun phrase in the sentence: "A shiny red balloon floated across the blue sky." A) Across the blue sky. B) Shiny red balloon. C) A balloon. D) Floated across. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shiny red balloon. 47. What is the purpose of using expanded noun phrases in writing? A) Add more verbs. B) Add variety to sentences. C) Remove adjectives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add variety to sentences. 48. Edit the following sentence for grammatical accuracy:'She go to the store yesterday.' A) She going to the store yesterday. B) She gone to the store yesterday. C) She goes to the store yesterday. D) She went to the store yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She went to the store yesterday. 49. Function of the nounphrase "my girlfriend" in the sentence: "I told my girlfriend that I loved her" A) Indirect object. B) Direct object. C) Object predicative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect object. 50. Differentiate between the nouns and verbs in the sentence:'The dog barked at the mailman.' A) Nouns:mailman, the; Verb:at. B) Nouns:barked, mailman; Verb:dog. C) Nouns:dog, barked; Verb:the. D) Nouns:dog, mailman; Verb:barked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nouns:dog, mailman; Verb:barked. 51. ONE OF THE REWARDS OF WORKING WITH THEM IS ..... THEIR YOUTHFULL ENERGY. A) WORKING. B) GREETING. C) BEING. D) HELPING. E) EXPERIENCING. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) EXPERIENCING. 52. What is the head noun?the body size of pre-school children A) Body. B) Pre-school. C) Size. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Size. 53. Find the Noun Phrase: "The large shepherd dog was waiting for me outside, so it could attack me." A) Was waiting. B) For me. C) The large shepherd dog. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The large shepherd dog. 54. What is the function of the noun phrase "the work they were doing" in this sentence? "They knew the work they were doing would often be ignored or misrepresented." A) Subject. B) Object of the preposition. C) Object of the verb. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 55. Use two adjectives to expand the noun phrase:'The house.' A) The beautiful, old house. B) The bright, new house. C) The small, modern house. D) The dark, empty house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beautiful, old house. 56. Identify the verb-noun phrase in the following sentence:The chef prepared a delicious meal. A) Prepared a delicious meal. B) Ate a delicious meal. C) Baked a scrumptious dessert. D) Cooked a tasty dish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepared a delicious meal. 57. Which phrase includes both premodifier and postmodifier? A) Clever student. B) The clever student. C) Student in my class. D) The clever student in my class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The clever student in my class. 58. Differentiate between the phrases: "The cat on the mat" and "The cat is on the mat." A) Both are noun phrases. B) The first is a noun phrase, the second is a complete sentence. C) Both are complete sentences. D) The first is a complete sentence, the second is a noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first is a noun phrase, the second is a complete sentence. 59. ONE OF THE BETTER THING OF ..... IN A MODERN STOVE IF THAT YOU CAN PROGRAMMED THE TIME OF THE FOOD. A) EATING. B) GETTING. C) COOKING. D) BUYING. E) SAVING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COOKING. 60. Identify the main noun in the phrase "the communities in which they took place." A) Communities. B) In which. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communities. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesNoun Phrases Quiz 1Noun Phrases Quiz 2Noun Phrases Quiz 3Noun Phrases Quiz 4Noun Phrases Quiz 5Noun Phrases Quiz 6Noun Phrases Quiz 7Noun Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books