This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A successful hurdler should also move with long strides. A) Should also move. B) Should move. C) Also move. D) Hurdler should move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should move. 2. Which comes after "drink" ? A) Sorry. B) Vegetables. C) Mineral water. D) Glasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mineral water. 3. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?Scientist still don't fully understand monsoons. A) Don't understand. B) Don't fully understand. C) Do understand. D) Do understand monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do understand. 4. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?Each house had had their own ghost. A) Had their own. B) Had. C) Own. D) Had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had had. 5. Identify what the word(s) in red are examples of:The quarterback has scored a touchdown. A) Main verb. B) Verb phrase. C) Helping verb. D) Not a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb phrase. 6. Identify the main verb phrase in the verb phrase.Some trees, though, have grown to 60 feet or more. A) Grown. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grown. 7. The following are helping verbs: A) Could, would, food. B) Do, take, happy. C) Have, had, popcorn. D) May, might, must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May, might, must. 8. Acabar + de +inf. A) Going to (do something). B) To have to (do something). C) To have just done something. D) To ought to do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have just done something. 9. Which word in the sentence is an action verb?Ashlan studied hard for her math test. A) Test. B) Studied. C) Ashlan. D) Math. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 10. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?Filch would have loved if they were out of their beds. A) Lovedloved. B) Would have. C) Would have loved. D) Have loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have loved. 11. Susan ..... Netflix on Sundays A) See. B) Watches. C) Watchs. D) Sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watches. 12. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?"I will be going to the park this afternoon." A) Will be. B) To the park. C) Will be going. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be going. 13. Perseus answered in anger at the injustice of the charge. What is the subject in this sentence? A) Anger. B) Answered. C) Injustice. D) Perseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perseus. 14. What is the past simple form of 'catch'? A) Cought. B) Caught. C) Caought. D) Catched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caught. 15. Mis hermanitas no ..... comer la cena anoche. A) Quisieron. B) Quieren. C) Quise. D) Quisimos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quisieron. 16. My sister, my brother, and I have been studying for more than three hours. A) Have been stuyding. B) Have been. C) Studying for more than three hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been stuyding. 17. If you are wrong, just say ..... A) Sorry. B) Hello. C) Bye. D) Your name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sorry. 18. Exercise 1:Identifying Verb PhrasesSelect the answer that correctly identifies the verb phrase in the sentence.8. The wild llama must have tried to jump the fence. A) Tried. B) Must tried. C) Must have tried. D) To jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have tried. 19. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:Kai and Ben should be jumping on the trampolene. A) Trampolene. B) Should be jumping. C) Should. D) Jumping on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should be jumping. 20. I never ..... lies! A) Talk. B) Say. C) Says. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tell. 21. Mrs. Foster is going to take all of us to the theater. A) Is going to take all. B) Is going. C) Is. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is going. 22. ..... a new cell phone A) Watch. B) Go. C) Want. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Want. 23. Boomerangs may be used for amusement, hunting, or war.The verb in this sentence is: A) Be used. B) May. C) May be. D) May be used. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May be used. 24. Boomerangs have long interested people.The verb in this sentence is: A) Have interested. B) Have long. C) Have long interested. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have interested. 25. What is the verb tense?They think of saving the environment. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 26. Mi amiga y yo ..... que estudiar historia ayer. A) Tuvo. B) Tuvimos. C) Tuve. D) Tuvieron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuvimos. 27. People watch this colorful and explosive spectacle during celebrations and parades. A) Fireworks. B) Workbooks. C) Artworks. D) Homeworks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fireworks. 28. TENER LA TV ENCENDIDA A) HAVE THE TV UP. B) HAVE THE TV POWER. C) HAVE THE TV ON. D) HAVE THE TV IN. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HAVE THE TV ON. 29. Find the verb phrase:Harry does not always agree with Draco Malfoy. A) Does not always agree. B) Does agree. C) Does not. D) Not always agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does agree. 30. Select all the words that make up the verb and verb phrase in the sentence.Wasn't the game developed by a physical education instructor? A) Wasn't developed. B) Developed. C) Wasn't the game. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't developed. 31. I think that she has a talent ..... drawing. A) To. B) For. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 32. What is the verb tense?Inventors create new machines. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 33. Ella ..... ..... la playa y nadar en el mar cuando llega a Costa Rica. A) Deseas aprender. B) Me gusta caminar. C) Espera visitar. D) Le encata correr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Espera visitar. 34. Identify the verb phrase in this sentence:Did you know that Parker and Logan are taking the bus to school? A) Are taking. B) Did you. C) Know. D) To school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are taking. 35. Match the verbs with the verbs with the nouns or noun phrases: ..... English books / celebrity magazines / a newspaper every day A) Listen. B) Play. C) Read. D) Drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read. 36. Elige la oracion en la que se haya hecho uso correcto de CALL OFF A) He called off Susan. B) She called off your wedding. C) They called off Bolivia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She called off your wedding. 37. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Hermione should believe in The Chamber of Secrets A) Believe in. B) Should. C) Should believe. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should believe. 38. He ..... trying to distract me. A) Keep. B) Try. C) Understand. D) Keeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keeps. 39. Brooke has received many books as gifts in the past. A) Past perfect. B) Present perfect. C) Future perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect. 40. What tense is the verb?John sat at the park all day. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 41. I ..... that he'd always be there for me, but he disappointed me. A) Take part in. B) Took my breath away. C) Took it for granted. D) Took in my stride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took it for granted. 42. What is the verb phrase in the sentence below?Henry and Christian are watching the snow. A) Henry and Christian. B) The snow. C) Are watching. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are watching. 43. Yo ..... una lengua. A) Aprendo. B) Como. C) Vivo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aprendo. 44. The Petrified Forest has long attracted many tourists.Helping Verb. A) Tourists. B) Petrified Forest. C) Has. D) Attracted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 45. A lot of people complain ..... high prices today. A) For. B) On. C) About. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About. 46. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Water flows freely down the mountain. A) Down the mountain. B) Flows. C) Flows freely down. D) Flows freely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flows. 47. Identify the "BE" (LINKING) verb in the sentence below:You are never too old to have fun! A) Never. B) Have. C) Old. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 48. She never goes to the High Street. She always ..... online. A) Relaxes. B) Meets. C) Has. D) Shops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shops. 49. Identify the verb or verb phrase in the following clause. Patrick cleaned the fish tank carefully. A) Carefully. B) Had cleaned. C) Cleaned carefully. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cleaned. 50. What is a verb phrase A) A verb phrase can be the predicate of a sentence or a clause. B) A verb phrase is simply a group of two or more words that function as an adverb in a sentence. C) Every verb phrase is a series of words made up of a preposition and its object. D) A word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verb phrase can be the predicate of a sentence or a clause. 51. ..... a word in English A) Say. B) Have. C) Drive. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Say. 52. Mathew has waited a very long time. A) Past perfect. B) Present perfect. C) Future perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect. 53. Find the verb phrase:Hermione may be seen as one of many influential female characters in literature. A) May be. B) May be seen. C) May be seen as one. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May be seen. 54. Find the verb phrase:Harry had been helped by teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. A) Had helped. B) By teachers. C) Been helped. D) Had been helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been helped. 55. What do you cook? A) I cooks vegetarian dishes. B) I cook meat. C) I cook coffee. D) I cooks butter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I cook meat. 56. Have you ever seen a piece of petrified wood? A) You. B) Ever. C) Have. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 57. Soon everyone will compete. A) Soon. B) Everyone will. C) Will compete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will compete. 58. ..... the gardening A) Do. B) Work. C) Make. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 59. You should ..... plenty of water with you at all times. A) Be. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 60. Determine the verb in the following sentence!Jogging should increase your stamina. A) Should. B) Increase. C) Should increase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should increase. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesVerb Phrases Quiz 2Verb Phrases Quiz 3Verb Phrases Quiz 4Verb Phrases Quiz 5Verb Phrases Quiz 6Verb Phrases Quiz 7Verb Phrases Quiz 8Verb Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books