This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Directions:Determine whether the underlined word(s) is the helping verb(s), main verb, or verb phrase.I have thanked them for their generosity. A) Helping verb. B) Main verb. C) Verb phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main verb. 2. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Should I bring my jacket to the park? A) Bring. B) Should I bring. C) Should. D) Should bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should bring. 3. Read the sentence and Identify the verb phrase.They must have left late. A) Must left. B) Left late. C) Must have left. D) Must have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have left. 4. J.K. Rowling has written one of the most amazing series of novels to date. A) Has written. B) Most amazing. C) To date. D) Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has written. 5. The following is what type of sentence? "I won a trip to Hawaii" A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 6. Can you name a better book than The Deathly Hallows? A) The Deathly Hallows. B) Can you name. C) Can. D) Can name. E) Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can name. 7. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.The school sent a message out to the parents. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 8. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Moving to another state requires a lot of work for the family. A) Requires. B) Work. C) Moving to another state. D) Moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requires. 9. What tense is the verb? past, present, or futureWe had a great time at the performance. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 10. Which word is the helping verb? Sally had driven all the way to the beach. A) Sally. B) Had. C) Driven. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 11. What is the main verb? Mike will be singing tomorrow night. A) Be singing. B) Will. C) Singing. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing. 12. Wilma will surprise everyone.What is the helping verb? A) Will. B) Surprise. C) Wilma. D) Everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will. 13. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Does Cohen know the answer? A) The answer. B) Know. C) Does. D) Does know. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does know. 14. Which of the following are examples of action verbs? A) Laugh, play, run. B) Boy, school, beautiful. C) Is, am, being. D) Always, often, after. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laugh, play, run. 15. Which word in this sentence is an action verb? Some dogs bark loudly. A) Bark. B) Some. C) Dogs. D) Loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bark. 16. Find the verb phrase: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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been stuyding. 17. The verb in a main clause or the head of a verb phrase. Ex. "smiled" in "He smiled nervously at me" A) Main verb. B) Helping verb. C) Noun phrase. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main verb. 18. Read the sentence and Identify the verb phrase.Will your sister be starting college this fall. A) College this fall. B) Will your sister. C) Will be starting. D) Your sister be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be starting. 19. Which word(s) make up the verb phrase? Steve was working hard on the project. A) Was working. B) Was working hard. C) Hard. D) Steve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was working. 20. Choose the correct label to identify the underlined part of the sentence.Can you make a battery from a lemon? A) Verb phrase. B) Helping verb. C) Main verb. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping verb. 21. The houses are named after the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A) Are named. B) Of Hogwarts. C) Founders. D) Wizardry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are named. 22. Statement A:African Swine Fever (ASF) is a disease from African.Statement B:ASF virus causes a haemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates in domestic pigs.Which of the following statements below is correct? A) Both the underlined phrases are NOUN phrases. B) Both the underlined phrases are VERB phrases. C) The underlined phrase in Statement A is NOUN Phrase and Statement B is VERB phrase. D) The underlined phrase in Statement A is VERB Phrase and Statement B is NOUN phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both the underlined phrases are NOUN phrases. 23. Find the main verb in the verb phrase.The houses are named after the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A) Are. B) Founders. C) Named. D) Wizardry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Named. 24. What is the linking verb in the sentence below? Unfortunately, the flowers I bought for her smelled terrible. A) Unfortunately. B) Smelled. C) Bought. D) Terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smelled. 25. Identify the red word:For Thanksgiving, I plan to go to New York City. A) Linking verb. B) Action verb. C) Helping verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action verb. 26. ..... two children, a dog. A) Do. B) Watch. C) Speak. D) Study. E) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Have. 27. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Michaela must have found a mistake. A) Have found. B) Found a mistake. C) Found. D) Must have found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have found. 28. Identify the type of verb in this sentence:Pizza tastes delicious. A) Action. B) Linking. C) Helping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking. 29. What is the verb phrase in the sentence below? I still wouldn't have gotten used to the idea. A) Would have gotten. B) Have gotten. C) Still wouldn't have gotten. D) Wouldn't have gotten. E) Still would have gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have gotten. 30. What tense is the verb? past, present, or futureShe will be playing in the musical tomorrow. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 31. Choose the correct label to identify the underlined part of the sentence. You should have been trying other fun science projects. A) Helping verb. B) Main verb. C) Verb phrase. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helping verb. 32. What is the main verb in the following sentence? The team should shake hands with their opponents. A) Opponents. B) Shake. C) Hands. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shake. 33. Identify the verb phrase:You can buy lunch with that money. A) Can buy. B) Lunch. C) You. D) That money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can buy. 34. Zachary always wants to play tennis. A) Play tennis. B) Zachary. C) Wants to play. D) Always. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wants to play. 35. Identify the verb or verb phrase in the following sentences.During the novels, Harry is learning things about magic and his past. A) Magic. B) During. C) Past. D) Is learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is learning. 36. You can't have more ice cream today. A) Can't have. B) Can have. C) Have. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can have. 37. The house appeared to be leaning to one side. A) Leaning. B) House. C) Appeared to be leaning. D) Appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeared to be leaning. 38. What is the main verb in the following sentence? Amy can sing very well. A) Very. B) Sing. C) Well. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sing. 39. What is the helping verb in the sentence below? Tally had reached the edge of the roof. A) Edge. B) Had. C) Of the. D) Reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 40. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.Kevin is walking his dog tomorrow. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping/main. 41. ..... the guitar, tennis. A) Wear. B) Do. C) Play. D) Have. E) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Play. 42. In the following sentence, is "did" an action or helping or linking verb? I did all of my homework. A) Action. B) Helping. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 43. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Harry's school is called Hogwarts. A) Harry's. B) Called. C) Is called. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is called. 44. Find the verb phrase:Dylan can climb over that fence. A) Can. B) Can climb. C) Can climb over. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can climb. 45. What is the complete subject of the following sentence? Every child in town wants that toy. A) Wants that toy. B) Every child. C) Child. D) Wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every child. 46. Identify the verb phrase:Billy should probably behave after all of the repeated warnings. A) Behave. B) Repeated. C) Repeated warnings. D) Should probably. E) Should behave. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Should behave. 47. What is the linking verb in the sentence below? This pizza tastes like cardboard. A) Like. B) Tastes. C) Cardboard. D) Pizza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tastes. 48. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:Kai and Ben should be jumping on the trampoline. A) Jumping on. B) On the trampoline. C) Should be jumping. D) Trampoline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should be jumping. 49. I am studying the amazing life of Wilma Rudolph. What is the helping verb in this sentence? A) Amazing. B) Of. C) Am. D) Studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am. 50. Harry is helped by teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. A) Ron. B) Friends. C) Is helped. D) Hermione. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is helped. 51. She was the devil in disguise.What kind of phrase is the underlined group of words? A) Adjective phrase. B) Verb phrase. C) Noun phrase. D) Adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun phrase. 52. Directions:Determine whether the underlined word(s) is the helping verb(s), main verb, or verb phrase.Kaylah might ask her teacher for permission. A) Helping verb. B) Main verb. C) Verb phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main verb. 53. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.The students placed the computers under their desks. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 54. What is the verb phrase in this sentence:Mr. Newcott was eating his chips very loudly. A) Chips. B) Was. C) Mr. Newcott. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating. 55. What is(are) the helping verb(s)? They were free, but then they were captured them and sold to slavers from the Shattered Sea. A) Were. B) Were free. C) Captured | sold. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 56. Hermione may be seen as one of many influential female characters in literature. A) May be seen as one. B) May be seen. C) May. D) May be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May be seen. 57. What is the verb in the following sentence? The apple tastes so sweet. A) Apple. B) Tastes. C) So. D) Sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tastes. 58. Directions:Determine whether the underlined word(s) is the helping verb(s), main verb, or verb phrase.Zach could have been eating his lunch when they called. A) Helping verb. B) Main verb. C) Verb phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb phrase. 59. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? The houses are always named after the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . A) Always named. B) Are. C) Are always named. D) Are named. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are named. 60. Which word(s) make up the verb phrase? Mary will have been playing flute for ten years next month. A) Will have been playing. B) Will. C) Will have been. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have been playing. ← 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