This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A noun phrase that refers to someone/thing affected by the action of a transitive verb. Ex. "Him" in "I'll give the book to him" A) Indirect object. B) Modifier. C) Subject. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect object. 2. What tense is the helping verb? Mike will be singing tomorrow night. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 3. What type of verb is the underlined verb? Mark is coaching basketball for Georgia Tech. A) Action verb. B) Helping verb. C) Linking verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping verb. 4. Identify the verb phrase:James had to run in order to catch his bus. A) Had to run. B) To catch his bus. C) Run. D) Catch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had to run. 5. Which word(s) form the verb phrase in the sentence? Mary will have been playing flute for ten years next month. A) Will have been. B) Will. C) Will have been playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have been playing. 6. ..... in a house, in a flat. A) Drink. B) Live. C) Watch. D) Wear. E) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Live. 7. What is the verb phrase in this sentence:The little girl was eating corn on the cob. A) Was eating. B) Corn on the cob. C) Girl was eating. D) Little girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 8. What is the verb phrase in this sentence:Mr. Mance has not been wearing HB gear every day. A) Has not been wearing. B) Every day. C) Mr. Mance. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has not been wearing. 9. These gloves will keep your hands very warm. A) These. B) Gloves. C) Will keep. D) Your hands warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will keep. 10. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Aunt Grace will be cooking Christmas dinner! A) Christmas. B) Will. C) Will be. D) Will be cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be cooking. 11. Choose the correct label to identify the underlined part of the sentence. A lemon or two will often provide power for a digital clock. A) Neither. B) Verb phrase. C) Main verb. D) Helping verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither. 12. Identify the verb phrase:All students must be sitting in their seats by the bell. A) Must be. B) Be sitting. C) Must be sitting. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must be sitting. 13. He would not have been complaining during practice. A) Have been complaining. B) Have been. C) Would have been complaining. D) Been complaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have been complaining. 14. Which word is the helping verb? Sally might drive all the way to the beach. A) Sally. B) Might. C) Drive. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might. 15. Choose the correct label to identify the underlined part of the sentence. The lemon's acid will make electricity. A) Neither. B) Verb phrase. C) Main verb. D) Helping verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb phrase. 16. Identify the verb phrase:The dispenser has run out of napkins. A) Run out of. B) Has run. C) The dispenser. D) Napkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has run. 17. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? A summer without rain does not help farmers. A) Does not help. B) Does help. C) Rain does help. D) Help farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does help. 18. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence: "Even today people can find positions as shepherds, inventors, and candlestick makers. A) Find positions. B) Can find. C) Candlestick makers. D) Even today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can find. 19. Find the verb phrase:Mrs. Foster is going to the theater later today. A) Is going. B) Is. C) Going. D) Is going to the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is going. 20. What is the simple subject of the following sentence? The angry chef slammed pots and pans. A) The angry chef. B) Slammed pots and pans. C) Chef. D) Slammed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chef. 21. Which is the main verb? The team will practice tonight. A) Will. B) Team. C) Tonight. D) Practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Practice. 22. Complete this sentence:The athletes should ..... every day before the competition. A) Trains. B) Trained. C) Train. D) Training. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Train. 23. Identify the helping verb in the verb phrase.It may take about 400 beans! A) It. B) Beans. C) May. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 24. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:The eggs smell rotten. A) The. B) Eggs. C) Rotten. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell. 25. A noun phrase that is the main focus of the rest of the sentence A) Subject. B) Modifier. C) Object. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 26. Find the Subject(s) in the following sentence: A) Haunted house. B) House. C) I. D) (You). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 27. Step 1 for a grammar pirate is ..... A) Find the predicate. B) Identify the subject. C) Identify the verb. D) Draw the mast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identify the verb. 28. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? In some years monsoons have arrived very early or very late A) Have arrived early. B) Have arrived. C) Arrived early or late. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have arrived. 29. Find the helping verb in the verb phrase. Harry does learn some serious life lessons. A) Learn. B) Harry does learn. C) Harry does. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does. 30. In the following sentence, what is the complete verb phrase? I should be studying for next week's quiz. A) Should. B) Should be. C) Studying. D) Should be studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should be studying. 31. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.He will be swimming later today. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping/main. 32. Identify the red word:Susie is definitely wishing for a puppy this Christmas. A) Adverb interrupter. B) Helping verb. C) Linking verb. D) Action verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping verb. 33. Identify the main verb:My students will be studying tonight for the quiz. A) Be. B) Will be. C) Tonight. D) Studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studying. 34. What is the verb phrase in the sentence below? So, you have never done this before, right? A) Have never done. B) This before, right. C) Done this. D) Have done. E) So, you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have done. 35. The whales are playing in the bay. A) Are. B) In the bay. C) Are playing. D) The whales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are playing. 36. Identify the verb or verb phrase:This has occurred to me before. A) Has not. B) Has not occurred. C) Has occurred. D) Occurred to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has occurred. 37. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:Corey is the team's quarterback. A) Is. B) Quarterback. C) Team's. D) Corey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 38. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:You look exhausted after studying all night. A) Exhausted. B) Look. C) After. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look. 39. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sorted into Gryffindor. A) Gryffindor. B) Harry, Ron, and Hermione. C) Into Gryffindor. D) Are sorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are sorted. 40. Don't you just love verb phrases? A) Don't you love. B) Do love. C) Verb phrases. D) Don't love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do love. 41. Find the appositive. Harry and his friends will attend a school, Hogwarts. A) Hogwarts. B) Harry. C) Will attend. D) Harry and his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hogwarts. 42. President Duterte has been pursuing to put Trillanes behind bars. What VERB phrase is used in the sentence? A) Behind bars. B) Has been pursuing. C) To put Trillanes. D) President Duterte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been pursuing. 43. What is(are) the helping verb(s)? I might leave school early today, so you must find another ride home. A) Might leave. B) Might | must. C) Might leave | must find. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might | must. 44. Identify the underlined word:Washing the car in a thunderstorm does not make any sense. A) Adjective. B) Helping verb. C) Adverb interrupter. D) Action verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb interrupter. 45. What is the main verb for the following sentence? Master craftsmen would teach young boys certain skills. A) Teach. B) Would teach. C) Certain. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teach. 46. ..... two languages. A) Drink. B) Watch. C) Do. D) Work. E) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Speak. 47. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.Austin and Ella were tired. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking. 48. Identify the verb or verb phrase:That thought had not occurred to me before. A) Had occurred. B) Had not occurred. C) Occurred to me. D) Had not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had occurred. 49. Which revision correctly uses an appositive to combine the sentences? A) My Aunt Meena, a nurse in a busy hospital, is from California. B) My Aunt Meena from California is a nurse in a busy hospital. C) My Aunt Meena is from California, and she is a nurse in a busy hospital. D) My Aunt Meena is from California, a nurse in a busy hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My Aunt Meena, a nurse in a busy hospital, is from California. 50. What is(are) the helping verb(s)? You should know how to tie your shoes, but if you do not know, I will teach you. A) Should | do | will. B) Should | do. C) Should | know. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should | do | will. 51. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence. Montezuma was named king of their civilizations at one point. A) At one. B) Was named. C) One point. D) Of their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was named. 52. What type of verb is the underlined verb? The girls danced all night. A) Action verb. B) Helping verb. C) Linking verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action verb. 53. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Hagrid could have been doing a better job. A) Could have been. B) Could have. C) Could have been doing. D) Have been doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could have been doing. 54. Identify the adverb interrupter:This has not occurred to me before. A) Has. B) This. C) Not. D) Has not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not. 55. Find the verb phrase in the following sentences. Harry does learn some serious life lessons. A) Harry does. B) Harry. C) Harry does learn. D) Does learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does learn. 56. What type of verb is underlined? He is a refrigerator. A) Helping Verb. B) Action Verb. C) Verb Phrase. D) Linking Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Linking Verb. 57. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence.Ryan had been running to the playground. A) Had been running. B) Had been running to. C) Had been. D) Been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 58. What tense is the helping verb? John has sat at the park all day. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 59. ..... the newspaper, a book. A) Do. B) Listen. C) Say. D) Speak. E) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Read. 60. The three children are playing in the park. A) Are playing. B) In the park. C) Park. D) Three children. 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