This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: "To win the game, the team practiced every day." A) Every day. B) To win the game. C) The game. D) The team practiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To win the game. 2. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a participial phrase?Arabian countries with large oil and natural gas deposits formed an alliance to drive up the price of their product. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 3. Which is equivalent to 2$^{4}$? A) 20. B) 8. C) 12. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16. 4. The situation when something happens later tan planned A) ON TIME. B) CANCEL. C) DELAY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DELAY. 5. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:MORE THAN A) Subtraction. B) Multiplication. C) Division. D) Addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Addition. 6. Jackson weighs 8 pounds less than he did last year. A) N-8. B) 8/n. C) N + 8. D) 8n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) N-8. 7. Translate the verbal phrase "the difference between a number and nine" into an algebraic expression. A) $x-9$. B) $9x$. C) $9-x$. D) $x + 9$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x-9$. 8. Translate 'the sum of x and 5' into an expression. A) X * 5. B) X-5. C) X + 5. D) 5-x. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X + 5. 9. Susan sold 4 times as many raffle tickets as Ken. Susan sold 56 raffle tickets. Write and solve an equation to find out how many tickets Ken sold. A) K-4 = 56, k = 60. B) $\frac{k}{4}$. C) K + 4 = 56, k = 52. D) 4k = 56, k = 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4k = 56, k = 14. 10. Ten plus the quotient of a number and twenty one A) $10+\frac{n}{21}$. B) $10+\frac{21}{n}$. C) $\frac{10+n}{21}$. D) $\frac{n}{10+21}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $10+\frac{n}{21}$. 11. "The ratio of a number and four, minus seven" A) 4/x-7. B) X/4-7. C) X-4-7. D) X/2-7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X/4-7. 12. Which of the following mathematical expressions of "negative 9 decreased by 3 times a number" ? A) $-9+3x$. B) $-9-3x$. C) $9+3x$. D) $9-3x$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $-9-3x$. 13. Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence: "Running through the park, she felt free and happy." A) Running through the park. B) She felt free. C) And happy. D) Through the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running through the park. 14. What does "difference" mean? A) Add. B) Subtract. C) Divide. D) Multiply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtract. 15. My aunt, a professional photographer, has offered to take pictures at our family reunion. A) Infinitive. B) Gerund. C) Participle. D) Appositive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appositive. 16. Write the algebraic expression for the phrase 'the product of a number and 3, increased by 2'. A) 3x-2. B) 3x + 2. C) 3x-5. D) 3x + 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3x + 2. 17. For 1 point:It is a combination of constants, variables, and operations. A) Expression. B) Formula. C) Variable. D) Term. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expression. 18. She ..... live in Paris before moving to London. A) Use. B) Used to. C) Is used to. D) Used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to. 19. Translate the verbal phrase "the sum of twice a number and five" into an algebraic expression. A) $2x + 5$. B) $2(x + 5)$. C) $5 + 2x$. D) $5x + 2$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $2x + 5$. 20. Twice the product of x and z diminished by 5 A) $2\left(x+z\right)-5$. B) $2xz-5$. C) $2\left(xz-5\right)$. D) $5-2xz$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $2xz-5$. 21. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:The plant, growing slowly, finally bloomed in June. A) The plant. B) Growing slowly. C) Finally bloomed. D) In June. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing slowly. 22. Ten thousand times the sum of a number and nine hundred A) 10000x + 900. B) 100000(x+900). C) 10000(x + 900). D) 10000 + 900x. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10000(x + 900). 23. What is the mathematical phrase of "a number more than 23" ? A) 23-n. B) N + 23. C) 23 + n. D) N-3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23 + n. 24. What word phrase can you use to represent "5x + 2" ? A) Five times the sum of a number x and two. B) Two times the sum of a number x and five. C) A number x times the sum of five and two. D) The sum of five times a number x and two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sum of five times a number x and two. 25. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $x + y$ A) A number times another number. B) A number plus another number. C) A number minus another number. D) Another number plus a number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A number plus another number. 26. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?Rising periodically to the surface is a reflex action for sleeping males. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 27. What is verbal phrase here?Winning trophies isn't the most important part of the game. A) A. trophies isn't the most important. B) B. important part of the game. C) C. winning trophies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. winning trophies. 28. Evaluate the expression, if c = 8?5c-5 A) 53. B) 8. C) 35. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 35. 29. Direct objects only follow an ..... verb. A) Action. B) Helping. C) Linking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 30. Four more than a number is negative two-thirds. A) $4+x=\frac{2}{3}$. B) $4+x=2$. C) $4+x=\frac{-2}{3}$. D) $x-4=\frac{-2}{3}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $4+x=\frac{-2}{3}$. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesVerbal Phrases Quiz 1Verbal Phrases Quiz 2Verbal Phrases Quiz 3Verbal Phrases Quiz 4Verbal Phrases Quiz 5Verbal Phrases Quiz 6Verbal Phrases Quiz 7Verbal Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books