This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Of course a hurdler will have practiced for many hours before an important race. A) Have practiced for. B) Will have practiced. C) Will have. D) Practiced for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have practiced. 2. Which word in the sentence is an action verb?The farmer worked hard in the fields. A) Worked. B) Fields. C) Farmer. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worked. 3. Identify the main verb of the sentences.Woody has become a music icon since the sixties. A) A music icon. B) Has become. C) Since the sixties. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has become. 4. Nosotros ..... ..... buenas vacaciones porque necesitamos descansar mucho. A) Debo llenar. B) Deciden tomar. C) Esperamos tener. D) Le encanta visitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Esperamos tener. 5. Select the verb phrase for the following sentence: "I am feeling annoyed by that marker clicking!" A) Am feeling annoyed by. B) Am feeling. C) Am feeling annoyed. D) Am feeling annoyed by that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am feeling. 6. Select the verb phrase of the following sentence: "I was thinking about teaching grammar." A) Was thinking. B) I was thinking. C) About teaching grammar. D) Was thinking about. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was thinking. 7. I don't play ..... but I play ..... A) The piano/on tennis. B) On piano/in tennis. C) The piano/tennis. D) On the piano/tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The piano/tennis. 8. It's too much information to take on at once. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. At the end of the games, he'd won four gold medals. A) At the end. B) He'd won. C) He had won. D) Had won. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had won. 10. Which time expression is used in 'simple past tense'? A) At the moment. B) On weekdays. C) Two minutes ago. D) Next year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two minutes ago. 11. Ever since the days of ancient Greece, athletes have been competing in many sports. A) Since the days. B) Have been competing. C) Athletes have been. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been competing. 12. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?Snape could be lurking around here somewhere. A) Be lurking. B) Lurking around. C) Could be. D) Could be lurking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could be lurking. 13. Other great athletes may have trained for years for a specific track event. A) May have trained for. B) Athletes may have. C) May have. D) May have trained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May have trained. 14. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?The summer monsoons will usually bring rain. A) Monsoons bring. B) Will usually bring. C) Will bring. D) Bring rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will bring. 15. Identify the status of the main verb in the sentences. Congress had made problems for the president since the election. A) Past perfective. B) Past conditional. C) Present perfective. D) Past progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfective. 16. What does deber mean? A) To need to. B) To want. C) Should / ought to. D) To have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should / ought to. 17. The book does not belong ..... me. It's yours. A) For. B) To. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 18. Justin has ignored the advice I gave him. A) Future perfect. B) Past perfect. C) Present perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present perfect. 19. (yo) ..... que estudiar anoche. A) Tuvieron. B) Tuve. C) Tuviste. D) Tuvo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuve. 20. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:Hadley, Olivia, and Alyssa should have gone to school today to help the teacher make posters. A) Make posters. B) Should have gone. C) To help. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should have gone. 21. Identify the verb or verb phrase in the following clause. Ava, Claudia, and Eva studied for the test. A) Studied. B) Study. C) Studied for. D) For the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studied. 22. Identify the main verb phrase in the verb phrase.It can grow only in tropical climates. A) Can. B) Grow. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grow. 23. Which word(s) form the verb in the sentence?Steve was working hard on the project. A) Was working hard. B) Steve. C) Was working. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 24. My brother ..... the guitar really well. A) Play. B) Plays. C) Playes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plays. 25. If you feel dizzy, you could ..... suffering from the heat. A) Be. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be. 26. In the sentence "Bella might have smiled, " what is the function of the word "might" ? A) Main verb. B) Verb phrase. C) Subject. D) Helping verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helping verb. 27. ..... a newspaper A) Listen to. B) Make. C) Read. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read. 28. Ethan and Hailey had dated for many years before getting married A) Past perfect. B) Future perfect. C) Present perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 29. Which comes after "cook" ? A) An umbrella. B) Dinner. C) A coffee. D) A garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dinner. 30. Find the verb phrase:Harry and his friends do attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A) Attend. B) Do. C) Do attend. D) And his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do attend. 31. The children ..... have been tired after the long walk. A) Must. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 32. Susan often argues ..... her best friend ..... silly things. A) With about. B) With at. C) On about. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With about. 33. I listen to music when I'm ..... for school. A) Getting ready. B) Get the chance. C) Getting the chance. D) Get ready. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting ready. 34. Which comes after "drive" ? A) In a flat. B) History. C) A car. D) The guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A car. 35. I live in a ..... but I want to live in a house. A) Flat. B) Countryside. C) City. D) Apartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 36. Verbs phrases contain nouns. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. I don't want to cook today, so shall we ..... a takeaway? A) Listen to. B) Get. C) Go out. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get. 38. Determine the verb in the following sentence!Your sister is a talented pianist. A) Sister. B) Is. C) Talented. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 39. Teacher's explanation was cut off by a loud voice from a girl outside the class A) Loud voice. B) Explanation. C) Cut off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut off. 40. Philip eat vegetables A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 41. ..... your homework A) Do. B) Make. C) Watch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 42. Find the verb phrase:Harry Potter is known as a series of novels and films. A) Harry Potter. B) Is known. C) Known as. D) Of novels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is known. 43. Determine the verb in the following sentence!That thought has never crossed my mind. A) Thought. B) Crossed. C) Has crossed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has crossed. 44. In one type track event, an athlete must leap over hurdles. A) Leap over hurdles. B) Must leap. C) Must leap over. D) Athlete must leap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must leap. 45. What is the verb phrase in this sentence:My favorite basketball team, the Phoenix Suns, will not be playing in the NBA Finals. A) Basketball team. B) Will not be playing. C) Not be playing. D) Will be playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be playing. 46. ..... TV, a film A) Live. B) Watch. C) Need. D) Drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watch. 47. Which-er /-ir verb ending goes with the subject pronoun YO? A) E. B) Es. C) O. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) O. 48. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence:He has been working hard all day. A) All day. B) Has been working. C) Working hard. D) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been working. 49. The past participle os the verb HIDE A) Hidden. B) Hid. C) Hided. D) Hiden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hidden. 50. Which word in the parentheses is the correct verb?Shep and Carter (make, makes) tacos for lunch. A) Make. B) Makes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 51. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?Harry and his friends attend a school, Hogwarts. A) Attend. B) School. C) His friends. D) Harry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attend. 52. The past simple of the verb LISTEN A) Listens. B) Listenned. C) Listened. D) Listan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listened. 53. Which word(s) form the verb in the sentence?Mike will be singing tomorrow night. A) Will be singing. B) Mike. C) Will. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be singing. 54. Ella ..... la verdad. A) Bebe. B) Cubre. C) Cree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cree. 55. Pick out the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the sentence:Some sea urchins have poisonous spines that can cause serious pain. A) Sea urchins. B) Have AND can cause. C) Can cause. D) Serious pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have AND can cause. 56. Find the verb phrase in the sentence:The dog has been barking loudly all night. A) Has been barking. B) Barking loudly. C) All night. D) The dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been barking. 57. What is the verb phrase in the sentence below?All the trash was thrown away in the lunchroom. A) Thrown. B) Trash. C) Was thrown. D) Lunchroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was thrown. 58. Where should the comma go in this sentence? In the dark forest the trees whispered. A) After "dark.". B) After "In.". C) After "forest.". D) No comma needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After "forest.". 59. Suburbanites are pouring their creative juices into Halloween celebrations A) Conditional. B) Tense. C) Progressive. D) Perfective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Progressive. 60. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?Hagrid could have been doing a better job. A) Could have. B) Could have been doing. C) Could have been. D) Have been doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could have been doing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesVerb Phrases Quiz 1Verb Phrases Quiz 2Verb Phrases Quiz 3Verb Phrases Quiz 4Verb Phrases Quiz 5Verb Phrases Quiz 6Verb Phrases Quiz 7Verb Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books