This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... somebody a secret A) Sing. B) Listen to. C) Say. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tell. 2. What is the predicate adjective in the following sentence? "The kicker was surprisingly bad in last week's game." A) Surprisingly. B) Was. C) In last week's game. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bad. 3. What is the correct way to say "I want to eat" ? A) Yo quiero comer. B) Yo querer como. C) Yo quiero como. D) Yo querer comer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yo quiero comer. 4. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "You better be completing your homework right now if you want to do well." A) To do. B) Better be. C) Do well. D) Be completing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be completing. 5. What is the formula for "going to do something?" A) Ir + infinitive. B) Ir + a + infinitive. C) Ir + que + infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ir + a + infinitive. 6. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "The students have completed their homework on time." A) Students. B) On time. C) Have completed. D) Homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have completed. 7. Global warming can ..... severe climate change. A) Be caused by. B) Result from. C) Arise from. D) Lead to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lead to. 8. ..... , a mouse ran across my bathroom floor. A) While taking a shower. B) Taking a shower. C) While took a shower. D) While I was taking a shower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While I was taking a shower. 9. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "Many communities are working together to fix the problem.: A) Working together. B) Working. C) To fix. D) Are working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are working. 10. Her hobby resulted ..... her love of nature. A) In. B) At. C) On. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 11. Please, do not turn off the TV. I'm ..... the news. A) Sharing. B) Watching. C) Falling. D) Breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching. 12. What is the perfect tense-ed suffix for-ER /-IR verbs? A) Ando. B) Ido. C) Iendo. D) Ado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ido. 13. Identify the infinitive in the following sentence: "He wants to travel the world." A) Wants. B) To travel. C) World. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To travel. 14. He puts ..... a lot of efforts to finish this project in time. A) In. B) For. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 15. What do you pay attention ..... when you choose clothes? A) With. B) About. C) On. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 16. A rich lord escaped death after a cat beckoned him over and made him leave the tree stricken by lightening right after. The cat ..... became associated with luck. A) Thus. B) So. C) Because. D) As a result. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thus. 17. Linda ..... her arm during a basketball match at the weekend. A) Watched. B) Cooked. C) Broke. D) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke. 18. I feel terrible. I think I ..... Toni's cold. A) Caught. B) Met. C) Had. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 19. After ..... Diana would go to the party, Larry started to worry about what to wear in order to impress her. A) Knew. B) He knows. C) Knowing. D) Larry knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knowing. 20. As the planet warms up, ice in the polar regions melts, which ..... rising sea levels worldwide. A) Resulting from. B) Is a result of. C) Results in. D) As a result. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Results in. 21. Choose the correct verb phrase in the sentence:Benjamin and Lily should have listened to Anika's advice. A) Should listened. B) Should have followed. C) Should have ignored. D) Should have listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should have listened. 22. ..... a text message A) Send. B) Talk. C) Try. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Send. 23. Which sentence shows a modal + verb phrase? A) She is swimming right now. B) He can swim very well. C) He swam across the lake. D) They were swimming yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He can swim very well. 24. I ..... a lawyer. A) Be. B) Am. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am. 25. We're ..... camping next weekend. Would you like to join us? A) Riding. B) Watching. C) Learning. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going. 26. Identify the gerund in the following sentence: "Jogging every morning is keeping me healthy." A) Every morning. B) Keeping. C) Healthy. D) Jogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jogging. 27. When do you usually pay ..... your flat? A) On. B) At. C) For. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 28. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "The teacher is explaining the lesson to the class." A) The lesson. B) Teacher. C) Explaining. D) Is explaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is explaining. 29. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:belong A) For. B) About. C) At. D) To. E) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 30. When polar bears are starving ..... a lack of food, they are likely to kill and eat one another. A) With. B) As. C) Because. D) Due to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Due to. 31. Which is the main verb in this verb phrase:has been singing? A) Has. B) Been. C) Singing. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing. 32. Select the correct verb phrase for: "Mi hermana ..... (want to be) doctora cuando crezca." ? A) Quieres ser. B) Quieren ser. C) Queremos ser. D) Quiere ser. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quiere ser. 33. Are you looking forward ..... from me soon? A) Hear. B) Hearing. C) To hear. D) To hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To hearing. 34. ..... glasses, jeans. A) Do. B) Wear. C) Have. D) Take. E) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wear. 35. ..... exercise, yoga. A) Work. B) Make. C) Have. D) Study. E) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Do. 36. The students make a lot of ..... A) Nasa. B) Nice. C) Noise. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noise. 37. Why do you always complain ..... everything? A) About. B) At. C) To. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 38. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:rely A) For. B) To. C) On. D) In. E) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 39. James has a lot of debts, so he wants ..... a well-paid job. A) To get. B) Get. C) Getting. D) To getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To get. 40. She hopes ..... me. A) To see. B) To seeing. C) Seeing. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see. 41. The most popular maneki-neko are white with gold and black spots, ..... this is thought to be the luckiest design. A) Because of. B) Since. C) So. D) Consequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 42. I have ..... Kelly for a long time. A) Known. B) Had. C) Met. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Known. 43. ..... a bike is a healthy activity for all people. A) Learning. B) Driving. C) Watching. D) Riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Riding. 44. Which Spanish verb correctly completes the sentence "Nosotros ..... (can solve) este problema juntos." ? A) Podemos salir. B) Podemos comer. C) Podemos resolver. D) Podemos escribir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Podemos resolver. 45. ..... sorry, hello. A) Take. B) Work. C) Have. D) Say. E) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Say. 46. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence:She will be going to the party tonight. A) Will be going. B) To the party. C) Tonight. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be going. 47. George ..... dinner for his neighbors yesterday. A) Cooked. B) Ate. C) Shared. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooked. 48. Mary is pretty good at ..... and she enjoys ..... in front of the auidence. A) Dancing, performing. B) To dancing, to performing. C) To dance, to perform. D) Dance, perform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dancing, performing. 49. What is the infinitive in the following sentence? "You don't have to do that you know?" A) Don't have. B) To do. C) Have to. D) Do that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do. 50. Which group of words is a dependent clause? When I eat at his house, his mother serves hot pot dishes. A) When I eat at his house. B) Serves hot pot dishes. C) His mother serves hot pot dishes. D) When I eat at his house, his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I eat at his house. 51. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "Delilah enjoys reading mystery books in her spare time." A) Time. B) Mystery books. C) Reading. D) Enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading. 52. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "I can handle important tasks!" A) Can. B) Can handle. C) Handle. D) Can handle tasks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can handle. 53. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "Swimming helps me relax after a long day." A) Relax. B) Swimming. C) Helps. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. 54. Identify the gerund in the following sentence: "Listening to music helps me concentrate." A) Helps. B) Listening. C) Concentrate. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening. 55. I gave Mel my phone number so that we don't ..... contact A) Miss. B) Have. C) Keep. D) Lose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lose. 56. Which verb phrase is in the present perfect continuous tense? A) She has been dancing. B) She was dancing. C) She will have danced. D) She has danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She has been dancing. 57. Escribir una carta A) To color a card. B) To write a letter. C) To paint a room. D) To scribble on the wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To write a letter. 58. Which verb phrase correctly fills in the blank: "Nosotros ..... (can help) con la tarea." ? A) Puede ayudamos. B) Puedo ayuda. C) Pueden ayudar. D) Podemos ayudar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Podemos ayudar. 59. ..... a parking space A) Walk. B) Run. C) Listen to. D) Look for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look for. 60. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:wait A) For. B) At. C) To. D) About. E) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. ← 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