This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main verb in this sentence:My dad and my mom must travel to New York next week. A) Next. B) Travel. C) Week. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Travel. 2. Identify the verb in the sentence:'The men will dig a deep hole for the new swimming pool.' A) Will dig. B) Dig. C) Will. D) Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will dig. 3. The holes in Swiss cheese are created by air bubbles. A) Created by. B) Are created. C) Are created by. D) In Swiss cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are created. 4. Dylan can climb over that fence. A) Can. B) Can climb. C) Can climb over. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can climb. 5. Did you ..... involved with any charity work last year? A) Gotten. B) Get. C) Getting. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get. 6. I want to ..... a cake for my sister, so I'm going to the supermarket to get some eggs and flour. A) Exchange. B) Send. C) Make. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 7. Identify the verb phrase in each sentence.Such a mixture could have been the first chocolate drink. A) First chocolate drink. B) Such a mixture. C) A mixture could. D) Could have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could have been. 8. The band had practiced, too. A) The band. B) Band had. C) Had practiced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had practiced. 9. He ..... books all day long A) Look. B) Goes. C) Read. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reads. 10. I've only ..... into one sport-basketball. All the rest are boring. A) Gotten. B) Getting. C) Get. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gotten. 11. Choose the correct noun phrase in the sentence:The bright stars twinkled in the night sky. A) Twinkled in. B) The bright stars. C) The night sky. D) In the night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bright stars. 12. Jesse Owen's ability, however, could not be denied. A) Not be denied. B) Could not be denied. C) Could be denied. D) Be denied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could be denied. 13. COMPLETE:She's ..... dinner. A) Making. B) Reading. C) Playing. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making. 14. Soon he would be competing with world-class athletes. A) Be competing. B) Would be. C) Be competing with. D) Would be competing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would be competing. 15. When I called ..... , ..... was sleeping. A) He-her. B) Him-he. C) She-him. D) Her-him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Him-he. 16. Jenna had arrived at the station just as the train was leaving. A) Present perfect. B) Past perfect. C) Future perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 17. Choose the correct answer:Ahmed likes ..... , he is an artist. A) Reading books. B) Drawing pictures. C) Writing stories. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drawing pictures. 18. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:Those girls are not trying very hard. A) Those girls. B) Trying very hard. C) Are not trying. D) Very hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are not trying. 19. A good hurdler should have speed, rhythm, and balance. A) Should have speed. B) Hurdler should have. C) Should have. D) Have speed, rhythm, and balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have. 20. ..... a sandwich for lunch A) Do. B) Eat. C) Have. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 21. Exercise 1:Identifying Verb PhrasesSelect the answer that correctly identifies the verb phrase in the sentence.4. The students were never told about the dance. A) Told. B) Were never told about the dance. C) Never told. D) Were told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were told. 22. The primatologist may be gambling away her welcome among the chimp family. A) Present conditional. B) Present progressive conditional. C) Past progressive conditional. D) Present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present progressive conditional. 23. Benjamin Franklin was living in Philadelphia in 1723. A) Was living. B) Franklin was in. C) Franklin was living. D) Was living in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was living. 24. My cousin ..... people into his home last night to celebrate his graduation. A) Visit. B) Make. C) Send. D) Invited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invited. 25. Scientists are warning to all across the globe that ocean currents are speeding up their pace because of water level volume increasing.Find the phrasal verbs from the sentence. A) Water level. B) Warning. C) Speeding up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speeding up. 26. I'm going to the cafe because I ..... a coffee. A) Want. B) Wear. C) Listen. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Want. 27. Choose the correct answer. Cook ..... A) A new car. B) Breakfast. C) Water. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breakfast. 28. Identify the main verb phrase in the verb phrase.Have you ever read anything about the cacao tree? A) Have. B) Read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read. 29. No queremos ..... los zapatos ahora. A) Ponerme. B) Ponerse. C) Ponerte. D) Ponernos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ponernos. 30. Piensan ..... a las ocho y media. A) Despertarme. B) Despertarse. C) Despertarte. D) Despertarnos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despertarse. 31. When ..... you want to go? A) Was. B) Has. C) Had. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do. 32. Choose the best definition for phrasal verb. A) A combination of two or three words from different grammatical categories to form a single semantic unit on a lexical or syntactic level. B) A set of two or more words that, as a unit, modifies a noun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A combination of two or three words from different grammatical categories to form a single semantic unit on a lexical or syntactic level. 33. Identify the verb of verb phrase in the following sentence:Caleb didn't walk to the candy store. A) Did. B) Did walk. C) Didn't walk. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did walk. 34. What do you say? A) See TV. B) Watch the TV. C) Watch TV. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watch TV. 35. The past simple of the verb TELL A) Telled. B) Toled. C) Tells. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Told. 36. Identify the verb or verb phrase:She had certainly written a long term paper. A) Had written a long term paper. B) Had certainly. C) Had written. D) Had certainly written. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had written. 37. I had to read the letter twice before I could ..... A) Took it off. B) Take it in. C) Take it over. D) Take it for granted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take it in. 38. COMPLETE:She's ..... the laundry. A) Reading. B) Doing. C) Making. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing. 39. Ellas ..... estudiar. A) Prometen. B) Comen. C) Venden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prometen. 40. The boomerang was developed by Australian aborigines. The verb in this sentence is: A) Boomerang was. B) Boomerang. C) Was. D) Was developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was developed. 41. Nosotros ..... ..... las maletas y reservar el hotel inmediatamente. A) Necesitamos hacer. B) Necesitan comprar. C) Quiero visitar. D) Decido ir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Necesitamos hacer. 42. Which is the main verb?We will be walking to the middle school next year. A) Walking. B) Be. C) We. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking. 43. What is the verb tense?I will invent a bed-making machine. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 44. (yo) No ..... hacer mi tarea ayer. A) Pudo. B) Puedo. C) Pudiste. D) Pude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pude. 45. Pick out the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the sentence:Their tube feet have tiny suckers that can stick to things. A) Tube feet AND tiny suckers. B) Have AND can stick. C) Their AND to. D) Have tiny suckers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have AND can stick. 46. My friend ..... English A) Don't study. B) Studys. C) Study. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studies. 47. I have never ..... to Naples before. Is it nice? A) Played. B) Been. C) Went. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been. 48. I've ..... the chance to meet Ronaldo many times, but I've never taken it. A) Get. B) Got. C) Getting. D) Gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gotten. 49. Which is NOT an example of a verb phrase? A) The boy is training very hard. B) Might listen . C) Could eat . D) Must go . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy is training very hard. 50. Escoge las palabras que complementan el verbo "take" A) Children. B) TV. C) The dog for a walk. D) A shower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A shower. 51. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:Sara, Abby, and Susan were watching some dogs run across the beach. A) The beach. B) Run across. C) Were watching. D) Some dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 52. I'm visiting the city today. A) I'm visiting. B) Am visiting. C) Visiting the city. D) I am visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am visiting. 53. Pick out the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the sentence:These help them to climb vertical surfaces or collect food. A) Vertical surfaces. B) Help AND climb. C) Help, climb AND collect. D) Collect food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Help, climb AND collect. 54. They Drive ..... A) In a house. B) Coffee. C) A brother. D) A big car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A big car. 55. Philadelphia is located on the Delaware River. A) Philadelphia is located. B) Is located. C) Philadelphia is. D) Is located on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is located. 56. I thought you would ..... your promise. A) Continue. B) Keep. C) Have. D) Miss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keep. 57. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?Summer rain is anticipated with both hope and fear by many people. A) Anticipated with. B) Hope and fear. C) Is anticipated. D) Rain anticipated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is anticipated. 58. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?Harry should have been there in the room. A) Have been. B) Been there. C) Should have. D) Should have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should have been. 59. Do yo ..... vegetables? A) Get. B) Have. C) Eat. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eat. 60. I just played soccer. A) Acabo de jugar al futbol. B) Acabar de juego al futbol. C) Acabo juego al futbol. D) Acabo de juego al futbol. 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