This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (a) means that we will multiply. A) Quotient. B) Difference. C) Sum. D) Product. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Product. 2. Find an expression that matches the following situation:Tia has 15 dresses. One day, she buys "d" more dresses. A) 15 + d. B) 15d. C) 15-d. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15 + d. 3. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.the quotient of 4 and a number increased by 10. A) 4 / n + 10. B) 4-n + 10. C) 4n-10. D) 4/(n + 10). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 / n + 10. 4. The product of x and sixteen A) X + 16. B) X/16. C) 16x. D) X-16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 16x. 5. To keep up with the growing population's demand for food, many farmers are developing new methods. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 6. Twice a number decreased by 36 A) $2x+36$. B) $2(x+36)$. C) $2x-36$. D) $2(x-36)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $2(x-36)$. 7. What is "x-4" in English phrase? A) X less than 4. B) 4 more than x. C) X more than 4. D) 4 less than x. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X less than 4. 8. Ratio of cube root of a number and product of negative eight and p A) $\frac{3_{\sqrt{x}}}{8p}$. B) $\frac{3_{\sqrt{x}}}{-8p}$. C) $\frac{3_{\sqrt{x}}}{\left(-8\right)\left(-p\right)}$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $\frac{3_{\sqrt{x}}}{-8p}$. 9. At the chicken farm, 10 of the 32 chickens always lay brown/freckled eggs compared to them being white eggs. Which equation will show how many chickens lay eggs that are white (w)? A) 32 + w = 10. B) W + 10 = 32. C) W-32 = 10. D) 10-w = 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) W + 10 = 32. 10. Which algebraic expression best matches the verbal phrase? "2 less than a number" A) B-2. B) B + 2. C) B $\cdot$. D) 2-b. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B-2. 11. One-sixth of the sum of $y$ $q$ A) $6\left(x+3\right)-4q$. B) $\frac{6}{x+3}-4q$. C) $\frac{1}{6\left(x+3\right)}-4q$. D) $\frac{1}{6}\left(y+3\right)-4q$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $\frac{1}{6}\left(y+3\right)-4q$. 12. Which of the following is a solution for the equation?3x + 10 = 25 A) 0. B) 5. C) 35. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 13. Analyze the sentence and identify the type of verbal phrase: "The cat, purring softly, lay on the windowsill." A) Infinitive. B) Participial. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 14. Five times the difference of 6 and 2 A) 5 x (6-2). B) (6 / 2)-5. C) (6x2)-5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 x (6-2). 15. Which of these is addition? A) The difference between 38 and 18. B) The product of 38 and 18. C) The sum of 38 and 18. D) Triple 38. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sum of 38 and 18. 16. The product of 6 and y ..... A) 6 + y. B) Y-6. C) 6y. D) Y / 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6y. 17. The sum of fifteen and six A) (15-6). B) (6 + 15). C) (15 x 6). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (6 + 15). 18. It is a type of verbal phrase that is the infinitive form of the verb plus any modifiers, objects, or complements. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. 19. The quotient of a number and 15 A) N/15. B) 15 x n. C) N + 15. D) 15-n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) N/15. 20. Which of the following is not a word that means "equals" ? A) Shared. B) Gives. C) Is. D) Totals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shared. 21. Recognize the participial phrase in the following sentence:The broken window, covered in frost, needed to be replaced. A) Needed to be replaced. B) Covered in frost. C) The broken window. D) In the following sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in frost. 22. Teddy buys "b" boxes of cookies for $ 4 each and $ 6 worth of milk. A) 4b + 6. B) 4b(6). C) 4 + 6b. D) 4b-6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4b + 6. 23. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... The supervisor wanted to complete the job by five o'clock. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 24. Five less than twice a number is equivalent to 47. A) 2x-5 = 47. B) 5-2x = 47. C) 2-5x = 47. D) 5x-2 = 47. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2x-5 = 47. 25. When you arrive too late for a bus, train or other type of transport A) MISS. B) DELAY. C) ON TIME. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MISS. 26. Transform the verbal phrase into a clause: "To win the game." A) Winning the game. B) If you win the game. C) Winning the game is important. D) The game to win. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If you win the game. 27. I stopped at the gas station to ..... my tank. A) Fill in. B) Fill out. C) Fill up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fill up. 28. Write the expression in words 45-(16 + 8) A) 45 minus 16 plus 8. B) The sum of 16 and 8 taken away from 45. C) The sum of 45 and 16, then add eight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sum of 16 and 8 taken away from 45. 29. To cut a number in half means to divide by what? A) 6. B) 4. C) 12. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 30. Write the algebraic expression for the verbal statement '5 more than the product of a number and 2'. A) 5x + 2. B) 2x + 5. C) 2x / 5. D) 2x-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2x + 5. 31. 15 decreased by a number b squared A) 15 + b$^{2}$. B) B$^{2}$-15. C) 15-b$^{3}$. D) 15-b$^{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15-b$^{2}$. 32. Fill in the blank:An infinitive is usually preceded by the word ..... A) By. B) To. C) With. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 33. You will get good grades by studying. A) Gerund. B) Verb. C) Participle. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 34. "Subtracted from" and "less than" are terms that mean you need to "turn around" or "flip" the terms around. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?The dolphins are jumping six feet in the air. A) Direct object. B) Subject complement/predicate nominative. C) Object of the preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject complement/predicate nominative. 36. Translate the verbal phrase "five times the sum of a number and two" into an algebraic expression. A) $5(x + 2)$. B) $5x + 2$. C) $5x-2$. D) $x + 10$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $5(x + 2)$. 37. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.The sum of 12 and a numberUse the variable p to represent the unknown number. A) 12p. B) P-12. C) 12-p. D) P + 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) P + 12. 38. Which algebraic expression best matches the phrase:"12 more than triple x" A) 12 ( 3+x). B) 3x + 12. C) 12 + 3x. D) 12 + 3 + x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3x + 12. 39. Our guests arrived early in the morning. The prep. phrase is functioning as what? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 40. Which symbol do we use to represent multiplication in Algebra? A) X. B) $. C) *. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) *. 41. Nate has 6 fewer CDs than Emily. If c represents the number of CDs Emily has, which expression tells how many CDs Nate has? A) C+6. B) 6+c. C) C-6. D) 6-c. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C-6. 42. Ted likes to ..... his fortune. It seems that he wants everyone to know that he's rich. A) Care about. B) Call on. C) Run after. D) Show off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Show off. 43. 9 less than a number A) $9-x$. B) $9+x$. C) $x-9$. D) $9\div x$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $x-9$. 44. Translate the following equation into a verbal sentence. $3x-y=5\left(y+2x\right)$ A) Three times the difference of x and y equals five times the sum of y and two times x. B) Three times x less than y is five times y plus two times x. C) The sum of three times x and y is five times y plus two times x. D) Three times x minus y is five times the sum of y and two times x. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three times x minus y is five times the sum of y and two times x. 45. The woman, jumping up and down, just won the lottery. A) Participle. B) Verb. C) Infinitive. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 46. Write an algebraic expression for:three times a number plus 16 A) 3(16)+n. B) 16n+3. C) 3n+16. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3n+16. 47. Which of the following is the translation of '' x + 2 = 5 '' A) A number more than two is five. B) A number less than two is five. C) Two times a number is five. D) The quotient of a number and two is five. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A number more than two is five. 48. Use substitution to determine if x = 8 is a possible solution to the equation-3x + 10 =-14 A) Yes, it is a solution. B) No, it is not a solution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, it is a solution. 49. The sum of a number k and a number j reduced by 10 A) K + j-10. B) (k-j)-10. C) (k + j) + 10. D) (k + j)-10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (k + j)-10. 50. Translate the following sentence into an equation. Twice a number m minus three equals the sum of m and five. A) $2m-3=m+5$. B) $2\left(m-3\right)=5m$. C) $2\left(m-3\right)=m+5$. D) $2m-3=5m$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $2m-3=m+5$. 51. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:INCREASED BY A) Multiplication. B) Addition. C) Subtraction. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Addition. 52. Analyze the appositive phrase in the following sentence:My best friend, a talented musician, is performing at the concert. A) A great chef. B) A talented musician. C) An amazing dancer. D) The best singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A talented musician. 53. X divided into 10 A) X + 10. B) 10/x. C) X/10. D) 10x. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X/10. 54. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?Female dolphins breathe while asleep by lying on the surface of the water. A) Direct object. B) Object of the preposition. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object of the preposition. 55. They ..... working late hours because of their job. A) Used. B) Used to. C) Use. D) Are used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are used to. 56. Five taken away from x A) 5-x. B) X-5. C) X + 5. D) 5x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-5. 57. Use verbal phrases to combine the following choppy sentences:He spoke frankly. He said he opposed the plan. A) Speaking frankly, he said he opposed the plan. B) He spoke frankly, and he said he opposed the plan. C) Opposing the plan, he was speaking frankly. D) He said he opposed the plan while he spoke with frankness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking frankly, he said he opposed the plan. 58. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.4 divided by the sum of a number and 12 A) 4 / 12n. B) 4 / (n + 12). C) 4 / n + 12. D) (4 / n) + 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 / (n + 12). 59. Transform the verbal phrase into a clause: "Running late for the meeting." A) If you run late for the meeting. B) Late for the meeting running. C) Running late for the meeting is bad. D) Meeting late running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you run late for the meeting. 60. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence and explain its function: "The students, excited about the trip, gathered in the hall." A) Infinitive; it shows purpose. B) Participial; it describes the students. C) Gerund; it acts as a noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial; it describes the students. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesVerbal Phrases Quiz 2Verbal Phrases Quiz 3Verbal Phrases Quiz 4Verbal Phrases Quiz 5Verbal Phrases Quiz 6Verbal Phrases Quiz 7Verbal Phrases Quiz 8Verbal Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books