This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The student left in charge of the class couldn't control his classmates. A) Infinitive Phrase. B) Gerund Phrase. C) Participial Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participial Phrase. 2. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?His goal was to finish high school in three years. A) Direct object. B) Object of the preposition. C) Subject. D) Subject complement/predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject complement/predicate nominative. 3. Cleaning experts agree that vacuuming the floors is a task best left till last. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund phrase. 4. What is the appositive phrase in this sentence? My brother's car, a tricked-out lime green Gremlin, is the envy of my friends. A) Of my friends. B) A tricked-out green Gremlin. C) Green Gremlin. D) My brother's car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tricked-out green Gremlin. 5. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?When my mom gets home, she will want to eat right away. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 6. In which sentence does verbal phrase describe a purpose? A) Disguised as a clown, father broke in his daughter's room. B) They study hard for better grades. C) Hurrying to the lesson, I occasionally forgot to turn off the light in my room. D) All are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are incorrect. 7. "d" less than 4, plus 1 A) D-4-1. B) D-4 + 1. C) 4-d-1. D) 4-d + 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4-d + 1. 8. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.2 times the difference of a number and 11Use the variable t to represent the unknown number. A) 2t-11. B) 2 x t-11. C) 2(t-11). D) 2(t / 11). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2(t-11). 9. Rewrite each sentence, placing the verbal phrase close to the word it modifies:Swinging from the branches, we saw two monkeys. A) Swinging from the branches, we saw two monkeys. B) Two monkeys were seen by us swinging from the branches. C) We swinging from the branches saw two monkeys. D) We saw two monkeys swinging from the branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We saw two monkeys swinging from the branches. 10. The sum of x and y A) X-y. B) Xy. C) X/y. D) X + y. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X + y. 11. 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. 12. Which algebraic expression represents "six less than a number" ? A) 6-k. B) K-6. C) 6/k. D) K/6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) K-6. 13. Translate 'three times a number n' into a math expression. A) 3n. B) N + 3. C) 3 + n. D) 2n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3n. 14. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.The quotient of twenty and a number Use the variable n to represent the unknown number. A) N-20. B) 20/n. C) 20-n. D) N+20. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20/n. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. Always ..... the right lane when you're passing someone on the road. A) Is used to. B) Used. C) Used to. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use. 18. (a) means that we will divide. A) Sum. B) Quotient. C) Product. D) Difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotient. 19. 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) On my ankle. B) To block my opponent. C) In the emergency room. D) At practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To block my opponent. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. Rewrite each sentence, placing the verbal phrase close to the word it modifies:We found an old olive grove hiking up the mountain. A) We found an old olive grove, hiking up the mountain. B) We, hiking up, found an old olive grove the mountain. C) Hiking up the mountain, we found an old olive grove. D) We found hiking up the mountain an old olive grove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hiking up the mountain, we found an old olive grove. 23. 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. 24. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $x-1$ A) One times a number. B) A number minus one. C) A number plus one. D) One minus a number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A number minus one. 25. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:REDUCED BY A) Subtraction. B) Multiplication. C) Division. D) Addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subtraction. 26. The house is on fire. The firefighters are trying the best to ..... A) Take it off. B) Show it around. C) Give it up. D) Put it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Put it out. 27. What is the role of the infinitive in the following sentence?I don't like to make people wait. A) Object of a preposition. B) Purpose. C) Complement. D) Object of a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of a verb. 28. 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. 29. The difference of 3x and 6y A) $6y-3x$. B) $3x-6y$. C) $3x+6y$. D) $\frac{3x}{6y}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $3x-6y$. 30. In the exponent 3$^{4}$, the three represents ..... ? A) Exponent. B) Integers. 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