This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I have difficulty understanding the statements ..... in French. A) Wrote. B) Writing. C) Written. D) That written. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Written. 2. I'd like ..... for IBM. A) Working. B) Work. C) To work. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To work. 3. Which of the following is a verb phrase or main verb only if there is no auxiliary, based on the definition? A) Are going to visit. B) Are going. C) Going. D) Going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are going to visit. 4. What are you waiting ..... ? It's time to do something. A) For. B) In. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 5. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:complain A) At. B) With. C) In. D) For. E) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) About. 6. Yo ..... estudiar para el examen hoy. A) Tienen que. B) Tengo que. C) Tenemos que. D) Tengo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tengo que. 7. Acabas de pagar mi almuerzo? A) Did you just eat my lunch?. B) Did you just make my lunch?. C) Did you just pay for my lunch?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you just pay for my lunch?. 8. What does a verb phrase consist of according to traditional grammar? A) Auxiliary verb and main verb. B) Main verb only. C) Subject and predicate. D) Adjective and adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auxiliary verb and main verb. 9. We ..... a great time in France last summer. A) Took. B) Had. C) Kept. D) Caught. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 10. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:believe A) For. B) On. C) In. D) To. E) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 11. The extinction of the Chinese white dolphins ..... the pollution of their habitats. A) Results in. B) Gives rise to. C) Grows out of. D) Causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grows out of. 12. My parents always say I can't ..... school. A) To leave. B) Leave. C) Leaving. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leave. 13. You ..... to the shops. A) Don't drive. B) Don't work. C) Don't study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't drive. 14. Mom threw away the ..... A) Broken vase. B) Breaking vase. C) Vase broken. D) Vase breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken vase. 15. What is the correct way to say "She prefers to dance" A) Ella prefiere bailar. B) Ella prefiere bailas. C) Ella preferir bailar. D) Ella prefiere baila. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ella prefiere bailar. 16. When I ..... Eva for the first time, I thought she was really crazy! A) Knew. B) Missed. C) Met. D) Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Met. 17. ..... your bag on a train A) Forget. B) Like. C) Eat. D) Leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leave. 18. Which verb fits the sentence "Los estudiantes ..... (can turn in) sus tareas a tiempo." ? A) Pueden escribir. B) Pueden entregar. C) Pueden correr. D) Pueden comer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pueden entregar. 19. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:argue A) For. B) On. C) With. D) At. E) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 20. All students should ..... to use their time and money effectively. A) Watch. B) Goes. C) Share. D) Learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learn. 21. Choose the correct noun phrase in the sentence:The students Jackson, Harper, and Benjamin are studying for the exam. A) The students Jackson, Harper, and Benjamin. B) The teachers. C) The books. D) The pencils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students Jackson, Harper, and Benjamin. 22. I'm thinking ..... buying a new car. A) Of. B) In. C) On. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 23. When 2 verbs are used together which verbs is conjugated? A) The first one. B) The second one. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first one. 24. ..... global warming, large amounts of Arctic ice are melting away. A) Since. B) Because of. C) As. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because of. 25. What time do you ..... up during the week? A) Do. B) Live. C) Get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get. 26. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "Studying grammar is a fun thing to do on Mondays and Wednesdays." A) To do. B) Is a fun. C) Studying. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 27. What is the perfect tense-ed suffix for-AR verbs? A) Ando. B) Ido. C) Iendo. D) Ado. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ado. 28. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "Dancing brings her a lot of joy." A) Dancing. B) Her. C) Brings. D) Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dancing. 29. Do you enjoy ..... ? A) Run?. B) Running?. C) To run?. D) To running?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running?. 30. Would you like to ..... this photo on your social media account? A) Do. B) Break. C) Share. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Share. 31. How often do you ..... your grandparents? A) Share. B) Go. C) Cook. D) Visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visit. 32. Which sentence has a verb phrase with two helping verbs? A) They will have left by now. B) He has finished. C) She is dancing. D) I read the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will have left by now. 33. What is the infinitive in the following sentence? "He plans to visit his grandparents this weekend." A) Weekend. B) To visit. C) Plans. D) His grandparents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To visit. 34. Which of the following sentences contains a verb phrase? A) On the mat. B) The cat. C) The cat is sleeping on the mat. D) The cat sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cat is sleeping on the mat. 35. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:think A) For. B) In. C) With. D) At. E) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) About. 36. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "As we were driving from Denver to Atlanta, I realized I prefer flying." A) Realized. B) Flying. C) Were driving. D) Driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flying. 37. Do I ..... in a flat? A) Like. B) Do. C) Live. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Live. 38. What is the infinitive in the following sentence? "I think I'll try to play a quick round of golf tomorrow." A) To play. B) Think. C) Quick. D) I'll try. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To play. 39. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:look A) About. B) On. C) In. D) To. E) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) At. 40. Which sentence contains a verb phrase? A) The dog barked loudly. B) The students are studying for the exam. C) The cat under the table. D) The tall boy in the corner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students are studying for the exam. 41. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "Traveling broadens your perspective." A) Perspective. B) Your. C) Traveling. D) Broadens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traveling. 42. What is the formula for "have to do something?" A) Tener + que + infinitive. B) Tener + a + infinitive. C) Tener + infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tener + que + infinitive. 43. What is the predicate adjective in the following sentence? "The movie I watched last night was really bad." A) Last. B) Really. C) Bad. D) Watched last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bad. 44. Complete with the correct form of ir a, tener que, or acabar de.Yo no tengo hambre porque ..... comer. A) Voy a. B) Tengo que. C) Acabo de. D) Vas a. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acabo de. 45. The animator made the film to draw public attention to environmental protection, ..... that we know how serious the global problem is. A) Hoping. B) Hoped. C) She hopes. D) Hopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoping. 46. What is the correct Spanish verb form for "going to run" as used in the context "Mis amigos siempre ..... (going to run) al parque los domingos." ? A) Van a correr. B) Van a jugar. C) Van a leer. D) Van a escribir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Van a correr. 47. Which group of words is a dependent clause? I have a good friend whose family comes from China. A) Whose family comes from China. B) A good friend whose. C) I have a good friend. D) Family comes from China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose family comes from China. 48. ..... they write an email? A) Are. B) Does. C) Do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 49. We're thinking ..... a new house. A) Moving. B) Of moving. C) Off moving. D) Of move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of moving. 50. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:depend A) On. B) For. C) At. D) To. E) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 51. Fried cockroaches is one of the most ..... food I've ever tasted. A) Horror. B) Horrifying. C) Horrify. D) Horrified. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horrifying. 52. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "Baking cakes is her favorite hobby to do." A) Baking. B) To do. C) Cakes. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baking. 53. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "Please talk more nicely than that." A) Than. B) Nicely. C) Please talk. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talk. 54. Is it OK to ..... photos in here? A) Have. B) Take. C) Keep. D) Miss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 55. Which word introduces a dependent clause?San Francisco is one place where you will find Chinese hot pot dishes. A) One. B) You. C) Find. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where. 56. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:have access A) To. B) In. C) About. D) For. E) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 57. Walking or using public transport is better than ..... a car. A) Being. B) Riding. C) Going. D) Driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Driving. 58. Polar bears, which live on seals, are rapidly decreasing in number ..... they are unable to find enough food to eat. A) Since. B) For. C) So. D) Thus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 59. Practicar deportes A) To practice sports. B) To play football. C) To jump. D) To listen to a game. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To practice sports. 60. Do you ..... in a house or a flat? A) Live. B) Go. C) Do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Live. ← 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