This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... To sleep until noon and to fish for rainbow trout is his idea of a perfect vacation. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 2. The quotient of a number and three is twenty. A) $x+3=20$. B) $x-3=20$. C) $x\div3=20$. D) $3x=20$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $x\div3=20$. 3. Joe hoped to find out by asking his teacher. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 4. Two-fifths of a number $n$ A) $\frac{2}{5n^2}$. B) $\frac{2}{5}\left(n^2\right)$. C) $\frac{2}{5\left(2n\right)}$. D) $\frac{2}{5}\left(2n\right)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $\frac{2}{5}\left(n^2\right)$. 5. Write an algebraic expression for:the product of 9 and a number decreased by 4 A) 9n + 4. B) 4-9n. C) 9n-4. D) 9-4n. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9n-4. 6. 6 times the sum of 12 and 8 A) 6x(12+8). B) (12-8)x6. C) (8x6)+12. D) 12+(6x8). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6x(12+8). 7. The quotient of a and b A) A(b). B) A/b. C) A-b. D) A + b. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A/b. 8. Twenty eight subtracted from a number $p$ A) $p-28$. B) $28-p$. C) $28p-28$. D) $28-28p$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $p-28$. 9. Mike is 6 years younger than Iris. What expression can be used to find Mike's age? A) 6a. B) 6 + a. C) A-6. D) 6-a. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A-6. 10. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:Scolded by his father, he left the house and took a walk. A) Scolded by his father. B) By his father. C) Left the house. D) Took a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scolded by his father. 11. Find the prepositional phrase:Lugnut landed disruptively on the dirt track and created a thick dust cloud. A) On the dirt track. B) Lugnut landed. C) And created a thick dust cloud. D) Thick dust cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the dirt track. 12. The job of a linking verb it to ..... the subject of a sentence with a word in the predicate that tells more about the subject. A) Help. B) Cancel. C) Link. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Link. 13. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters an infinitive phrase? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 14. Write an expression for:143 decreased by 53, then multiplied by 4 A) 53 x 4-143. B) 143-53 x 4. C) (143-53) x 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (143-53) x 4. 15. Louise looks like my grandpa. He makes me ..... Grandpa when I see him. A) Hear about. B) Agree with. C) Think about. D) Think of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Think of. 16. Three less than twice a number A) 2x-3. B) 3x-2. C) 3-2x. D) 2-3x. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2x-3. 17. Translate:The quotient of a number z and 2. A) Z-2. B) 2z. C) Z + 2. D) Z / 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Z / 2. 18. Identify the linking verb in the following sentence:The powerful Mohawk chief, Hiawatha, felt unhappy about war. A) Powerful. B) Chief. C) Felt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felt. 19. Twice a number, decreased by 47 A) $2(x-47)$. B) $2(x+47)$. C) $2x+47$. D) $2x-47$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $2x-47$. 20. GOING SOME PLACE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME A) TRAVEL. B) TRIP. C) JOURNEY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRIP. 21. Which of the following is a division word? A) Quotient. B) Shared. C) Ratio. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. What is the translation of '' y-5 '' A) Y added to five. B) Y yields five. C) Y is less than 5. D) Five subtracted from y. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five subtracted from y. 23. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a gerund phrase?Red Adair's crew, working around the clock, was able to put out the oil refinery fire. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 24. Translate 'the number decreased by 10' into a math expression. A) X + 10. B) X / 10. C) 10-x. D) X-10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X-10. 25. Match the clue word with the operation:PER A) Add. B) Subtract. C) Divide. D) Multiply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divide. 26. Three less than the product of a number and twelve A) $12x-3$. B) $3-12x$. C) $12x<3$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $12x-3$. 27. For 1 point:The sum of a number r and 12. A) 12+r. B) R-12. C) 12-r. D) R+12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) R+12. 28. Determine the type of verbal phrase in the following sentence: "The broken vase lay on the floor." A) Infinitive. B) Participial. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 29. Identify the correct translation of the verbal phrase 'to swim fast'. A) To swim fastly. B) Swimming fastly. C) Swim fast. D) To swim fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To swim fast. 30. Translate 'the quotient of 12 and z' into an expression. A) Z/12. B) 12/z. C) 12+z. D) 12*z. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12/z. 31. It is a type of verbal phrase that consists of a participle and any modifiers, objects, or complements that act as adjectives in a sentence. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 32. Personally, I've always found folding warm towels to be a soothing task. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 33. Identify the function of the bolded word. [gerund]Reading is my favorite pastime. A) Predicate Nominative (P.N). B) Indirect Object (I.O). C) Subject. D) Direct Object (D.O). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 34. Circle the correct word or phrase7. We ate /were eating breakfast when a letter came through the letter box. A) A. ate. B) B. were eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. were eating. 35. Janae will split the pieces of cake among her 7 guests. A) $p\cdot7$. B) $p-7$. C) $p+7$. D) $p\div7$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $p\div7$. 36. How many terms are there in this expression below?2m + 3n-7 A) 3. B) 5. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 37. Translate:4 less than g. A) 4-g. B) G / 4. C) G + 4. D) G-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G-4. 38. Translate this sentence into an equation.72 is the product of 8 and a Steve's age.Use the variable h to represent Steve's age. A) 72 = 8h. B) 72 = 8-h. C) 72 = 8 + h. D) 72 = 8/h. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 72 = 8h. 39. I need to ..... the restroom A) Used to. B) Use. C) Used. D) Is used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use. 40. How many terms? 6xy-5 + 3w-2c A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 41. It's easy to place the dishes into the patiently waiting dishwasher. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 42. What is a variable? A) Number that stands alone. B) A letter that stands for an unknown number. C) A number that stands with a letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A letter that stands for an unknown number. 43. Identify the operation associated with the following key word:FEWER A) Subtraction. B) Multiplication. C) Addition. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subtraction. 44. For a walk-a-thon a sponsor committed to give you a flat fee of $ 5 plus $ 2 for every mile m you walk. Write an expression for the total amount you will collect from your sponsor at the end of the walk-athon. A) 5+2. B) 5-2m. C) 5+2m. D) 5m+2. E) 2m-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5+2m. 45. Nine less than the product of a number and 4 A) 9-4n. B) 4n-9. C) $\frac{9}{4n}$. D) 9-(n+4). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4n-9. 46. Sum means to add. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. What is NOT a function of infinitive? A) Object of a verb. B) Subject. C) Simultaneous action. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 48. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... The employees working on the assembly line voted for the new benefit program. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participial phrase. 49. Translate 'the quotient of m and n' into a math expression. A) M / n. B) M + n. C) M-n. D) M * n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) M / n. 50. Thrice a number x gives 15 A) 3x = 15. B) 3/x = 15. C) 3 + x = 5. D) 3-x = 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3x = 15. 51. What is the function of the verbal phrase in the sentence:'To win the championship is our goal.' A) It acts as an adverb. B) It acts as a conjunction. C) It acts as an adjective. D) It acts as a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It acts as a noun. 52. "The ratio of" represents what operation? A) Multiplication. B) Subtraction. C) Addition. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Division. 53. The sum of four times a number and three A) 3x+4. B) 4x+3. C) 3x-4. D) 4x-3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4x+3. 54. Five less than the product of three and x. A) 3x (5). B) 3x-5. C) 5-3x. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3x-5. 55. Which algebraic expression best matches the phrase: "The difference of a number, c and six" A) 6c. B) $c^6$. C) C + 6. D) C-6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C-6. 56. I ..... my grandmom last time. She was cooking in the kitchen just like before in my dream. A) Took up. B) Dreamed of. C) Hung up. D) Cheered for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dreamed of. 57. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:He enjoys composing all sorts of music. A) He enjoys. B) Composing all sorts of music. C) All sorts of music. D) He enjoys all sorts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Composing all sorts of music. 58. Five less than a number is the same as seven and a half. A) $7.5-5=x$. B) $5-x=7.5$. C) $x-5=7.5$. D) $5-x=7\frac{1}{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $x-5=7.5$. 59. 4 divided by the sum of a number and 8 A) 4 / n + 8. B) 4 / (n + 8). C) (4 / n ) + 8. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 / (n + 8). 60. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:Raising animals is what she loves to do. A) Is what she loves. B) To do. C) Raising animals. D) She loves. 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