This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence:**To win the championship** was his ultimate goal. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) Infinitive phrase. D) Participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive phrase. 2. Which algebraic expression represents "six less than a number" ? A) K-6. B) K/6. C) 6-k. D) 6/k. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) K-6. 3. Translate 'three times a number n' into a math expression. A) 3 + n. B) 3n. C) N + 3. D) 2n. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3n. 4. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.The quotient of twenty and a number Use the variable n to represent the unknown number. A) 20-n. B) 20/n. C) N+20. D) N-20. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20/n. 5. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters an infinitive phrase?My organization is planning a trip to a training seminar this summer. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 6. Participles are verb forms that are used as adjectives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Always ..... the right lane when you're passing someone on the road. A) Is used to. B) Used to. C) Used. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use. 8. (a) means that we will divide. A) Sum. B) Quotient. C) Difference. D) Product. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotient. 9. While we were at practice, I fell on my ankle trying to block my opponent and ended up in the emergency room.All of the following are prepositional phrases EXCEPT: A) To block my opponent. B) On my ankle. C) At practice. D) In the emergency room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To block my opponent. 10. During the Great Awakening, many people turned back to God. The prepositional phrases in the sentences are both function as what? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 11. Write the following verbal expression as a numerical expression:eight times a number less nineteen A) 19-8b. B) 8b-19. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8b-19. 12. Rewrite each sentence, placing the verbal phrase close to the word it modifies:We found an old olive grove hiking up the mountain. A) Hiking up the mountain, we found an old olive grove. B) We, hiking up, found an old olive grove the mountain. C) We found an old olive grove, hiking up the mountain. D) We found hiking up the mountain an old olive grove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hiking up the mountain, we found an old olive grove. 13. Which is NOT a word phrase for the algebraic expression.24n A) 24 times a number. B) 24 times n. C) The product of 24 and a number. D) The sum of 24 and a number. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sum of 24 and a number. 14. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $x-1$ A) One minus a number. B) One times a number. C) A number plus one. D) A number minus one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A number minus one. 15. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:REDUCED BY A) Addition. B) Multiplication. C) Subtraction. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subtraction. 16. The house is on fire. The firefighters are trying the best to ..... A) Show it around. B) Put it out. C) Take it off. D) Give it up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put it out. 17. What is the role of the infinitive in the following sentence?I don't like to make people wait. A) Object of a verb. B) Purpose. C) Object of a preposition. D) Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of a verb. 18. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:Technology has led to an increase in cheating among students. A) A. cheating among students. B) B. to an increase in cheating. C) C. technology has lead to an increase in cheating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. cheating among students. 19. The difference of 3x and 6y A) $6y-3x$. B) $3x-6y$. C) $3x+6y$. D) $\frac{3x}{6y}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $3x-6y$. 20. In the exponent 3$^{4}$, the three represents ..... ? A) Base. B) Integers. C) Exponent. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Base. 21. Translate:4 less than the sum of a number r and a number s. A) (r + s)-4. B) (r-s)-4. C) (r + s) + 4. D) (r-s) + 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (r + s)-4. 22. Which of the following sentences contains a verbal phrase? A) The cat sat on the mat. B) Running through the park, she felt free. C) The book is on the table. D) He is a good student.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running through the park, she felt free. 23. Joe is nine years younger than Drew who is $n$ A) $9-n$. B) $n+9$. C) $9n$. D) $n-9$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $n-9$. 24. The sum of m and 8 A) 8m. B) M-8. C) M + 8. D) M/8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M + 8. 25. Translate 'the addition of 6 and q' into an expression. A) Q + 6. B) 6 * q. C) 6-q. D) 6 + q. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6 + q. 26. The bag is so heavy that I can't ..... in the room. A) Carry it around. B) Take it away. C) Hand it in. D) Give it away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry it around. 27. Thirty-seven more than the difference of twenty-four and twenty A) (37-24) x 20. B) (24-20) x 37. C) 37 + (24-20). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 37 + (24-20). 28. Were you asked to be on the academic team? A) Infinitive. B) Participle. C) Verb. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinitive. 29. Exceeds r by twenty A) R-20. B) 20-r. C) R + 20. D) 20 + r. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) R + 20. 30. Identify the function of the verbal phrase in the sentence: "The broken vase needs to be repaired." A) Adjective. B) Direct object. C) Subject. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 31. 4 less than the sum of a number r and a number s A) (r + s)-4. B) 4-(r + s). C) 4-r + s. D) (r-s)-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (r + s)-4. 32. "cheating among students" what type of verbal phrase is this? A) A. Infinitive phrase. B) B. Gerund Phrase. C) C. Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Gerund Phrase. 33. (a) means that we will subtract. A) Difference. B) Product. C) Quotient. D) Sum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Difference. 34. Differentiate the type of phrase: "The man standing by the door is my uncle." A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) Participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participial phrase. 35. "The difference between a number and three" A) ( x ) ( 3 ). B) X-3. C) 3-x. D) X + 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-3. 36. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... Presenting charts and graphs as proof, he illustrated the success of the marketing department. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participial phrase. 37. Choose the sentence that best translates the verbal phrase 'writing quickly'. A) He is quick writing. B) He writes quickly. C) He writes quick. D) He quickly writes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He writes quickly. 38. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $x + 2$ A) Two plus a number. B) A number plus two. C) Two times a number. D) A number minus two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A number plus two. 39. Admission to a circus is $ 16 for adults and $ 8 for children. Choose the expression to find the cost of 3 adult tickets and some number of children's tickets. A) 16x + 64. B) 16x + 8y. C) 48 + 8x. D) 16x + 8x. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 48 + 8x. 40. How about this sentence, what is the verbal phrase?Surprised by the episode's ending, I sat on the couch in shock. A) A. Surprised by the episode. B) B. I sat on the counch. C) C. Surprised by the episode's ending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Surprised by the episode's ending. 41. Clay goes to his favorite restaurant when he wants to eat something good. A) Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 42. Two times x, increased by five A) 2x + 5. B) 2(x-5). C) 2(x + 5). D) 2x-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2x + 5. 43. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:I enjoy reading books before bedtime. A) Enjoy reading books. B) Reading books before bedtime. C) I enjoy. D) Books before bedtime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading books before bedtime. 44. Fill in the blank:The main verb in an infinitive phrase is always in the ..... form. A) Present. B) Future. C) Past. D) Base. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Base. 45. It's important to ..... the medicine ..... from kids. A) Carry; away. B) Keep; away. C) Looked; away. D) Give; away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keep; away. 46. Five times the sum of a number and-23 A) $5x-(-23)$. B) $5+x+(-23)$. C) $5x+(-23)$. D) $5[x+(-23)]$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $5[x+(-23)]$. 47. Which of the following expressions would need parentheses? A) 4 times the difference of a number and 8. B) 4 times a number increased by 5. C) 4 times a number. D) 15 less than a number multiplied by 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 times the difference of a number and 8. 48. Solve:5x + 34 =-2(-7x + 1) A) -4. B) 36/19. C) 9. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 49. Choose the algebraic expression that best fits the following situation:Marissa's allowance is increased by $ 10. A) $a+10$. B) $a\div10$. C) $a\cdot10$. D) $a-10$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $a+10$. 50. In the phrase '' the number is decreased by nine" what operation is implied? A) Division. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtraction. 51. Carrie made 5 batches of cupcakes with c cupcakes in each batch. She then ate 3 cupcakes A) 5c + 3. B) 5-3c. C) 5 + 3c. D) 5c-3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5c-3. 52. Translate '7 less than y' into an expression. A) Y-5. B) Y-7. C) 7y. D) Y + 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Y-7. 53. Translate the verbal phrase "four less than a number" into an algebraic expression. A) $4-x$. B) $x-4$. C) $x + 4$. D) $4x$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $x-4$. 54. Write the words as an expression. Then interpret the expression. Subtract 55 from 69, then divide by 2. A) $\left(69-55\right)\div2$ $\cdot$. B) $55-69\div2$. C) $55\div69-2$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $\left(69-55\right)\div2$ $\cdot$. 55. Can you please ..... this form with your information? A) Fill in. B) Fill out. C) Fill up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fill in. 56. We were the last ones to arrive. A) Gerund. B) Verb. C) Participle. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infinitive. 57. Distinguish the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:He decided to take a walk in the park. A) To take a walk in the park. B) A walk in the park. C) He decided to take. D) Decided to take a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take a walk in the park. 58. How can you identify a Gerund Phrase? A) Find a phrase that includes a past participle verb form. B) Look for a verb form ending in-ing that acts as a noun, often serving as the subject or object of a sentence. C) Look for a phrase that starts with a preposition. D) Identify a phrase that contains an infinitive verb form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look for a verb form ending in-ing that acts as a noun, often serving as the subject or object of a sentence. 59. Select the sentence that accurately translates the verbal phrase 'walking slowly'. A) He walks slowly. B) He walks slow. C) He slowly walks. D) He is slow walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He walks slowly. 60. Match the clue word with the operation:SUM A) Add. B) Multiply. C) Subtract. D) Divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add. ← 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