This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The last word in a verb phrase will always be the A) Answer. B) Helping verb. C) Main verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Main verb. 2. Identify the operation associated with the following key word:QUOTIENT A) Multiplication. B) Subtraction. C) Addition. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Division. 3. From the previous answer, what type of verbal phrase is that? A) A. Participial phrase. B) B. infinitive phrase. C) C. Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Participial phrase. 4. Mr. Zamora has a lot of Bulldog Bucks. He will give an equal amount to each of his 8 groups. A) 8n. B) 8/n. C) 8 + n. D) 8-n. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8/n. 5. My favorite dog is lost! Please help me ..... it! A) Look up. B) Look for. C) Look at. D) Look after. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look for. 6. Determine how the infinitive phrase is being used in the sentence.Henry brought Jeri a ring to show his love. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 7. Which sentence correctly translates the verbal phrase 'to read carefully'? A) Reading carefully. B) Read careful. C) To read careful. D) To read carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To read carefully. 8. What is the verbal phrase of 19-3 A) Nineteen minus three. B) Nineteen less than three. C) 19 minus 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nineteen minus three. 9. Translate 'x minus 2' into an expression. A) 2-x. B) X-2. C) X + 2. D) X * 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-2. 10. How can you identify a Participial Phrase? A) Look for a verb form ending in-ing or-ed that acts as an adjective, often providing additional information about a noun. B) Identify a phrase that contains a subject and a verb. C) Find a phrase that includes a conjunction and a noun. D) Look for a phrase that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look for a verb form ending in-ing or-ed that acts as an adjective, often providing additional information about a noun. 11. What is the constant?6xy-5 + 3w-2c A) -. B) 5. C) X. D) 3w. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 12. Which expression matches:The difference of 7 fifteens and 3 twelves A) 7 x 15-3 x 15. B) 7 x 15-3 x 12. C) 7 + 15 + 3 + 12. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 x 15-3 x 12. 13. If a = 6 and b = 3, evaluate the following expression:a + b A) 63. B) 9. C) 18. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9. 14. There were x cookies at the beginning of a party. By the end of the party, 16 of them had been eaten. Using x, write an expression for the number of cookies that were left. A) 16. B) 16-x. C) X-16. D) X + 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X-16. 15. The sum of 89 and a number A) X-89. B) 89-x. C) X + 89. D) 89x. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X + 89. 16. Find an expression that matches the following situation:Noah and Isabella are playing basketball. Isabella scores double the amount of points that Noah scores. A) N-2. B) 2+2. C) 2N. D) N+2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2N. 17. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: "To finish the project on time, we need to work harder." A) To finish the project on time. B) We need to work harder. C) The project on time. D) Work harderTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To finish the project on time. 18. Seven more than the quotient of ten and a number A) 7 + $\frac{n}{10}$. B) $\frac{7n}{10}$. C) 7 + $\frac{10}{n}$. D) $\frac{7+n}{10}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 + $\frac{10}{n}$. 19. To use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. A) Infinitive Phrase. B) Gerund Phrase. C) Participial Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinitive Phrase. 20. My dad asked me to thaw the frozen chicken. A) Gerund. B) Verb. C) Infinitive. D) Participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participle. 21. What is the product of x squared and y in mathematical phrase? A) 2xy. B) X$^{2}$y. C) Xy$^{2}$. D) Xy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X$^{2}$y. 22. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a participial phrase?The man, saddened by the loss of his wife, prefers to live alone. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 23. Write an algebraic expression for:35 decreased by a number A) 35+n. B) 35-n. C) N-35. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35-n. 24. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... Cooking Italian food is his hobby. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund phrase. 25. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $\frac{1}{2}x + 4$ A) Half of a number plus four. B) Four times a number plus half. C) Four plus half of a number. D) Half plus four times a number. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half of a number plus four. 26. 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. 27. Which is equivalent to 2$^{4}$? A) 12. B) 20. C) 16. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 16. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. Jackson weighs 8 pounds less than he did last year. A) 8/n. B) N-8. C) N + 8. D) 8n. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N-8. 31. Translate the verbal phrase "the difference between a number and nine" into an algebraic expression. A) $x + 9$. B) $x-9$. C) $9x$. D) $9-x$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $x-9$. 32. Translate 'the sum of x and 5' into an expression. A) X * 5. B) 5-x. C) X + 5. D) X-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X + 5. 33. 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) K + 4 = 56, k = 52. C) 4k = 56, k = 14. D) $\frac{k}{4}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4k = 56, k = 14. 34. Ten plus the quotient of a number and twenty one A) $10+\frac{21}{n}$. B) $\frac{n}{10+21}$. C) $\frac{10+n}{21}$. D) $10+\frac{n}{21}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $10+\frac{n}{21}$. 35. "The ratio of a number and four, minus seven" A) X-4-7. B) X/2-7. C) 4/x-7. D) X/4-7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X/4-7. 36. 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) $-9-3x$. 37. 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. 38. What does "difference" mean? A) Subtract. B) Add. C) Divide. D) Multiply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subtract. 39. My aunt, a professional photographer, has offered to take pictures at our family reunion. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Appositive. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appositive. 40. Write the algebraic expression for the phrase 'the product of a number and 3, increased by 2'. A) 3x-2. B) 3x-5. C) 3x + 2. D) 3x + 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3x + 2. 41. For 1 point:It is a combination of constants, variables, and operations. A) Variable. B) Expression. C) Term. D) Formula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expression. 42. 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. 43. Translate the verbal phrase "the sum of twice a number and five" into an algebraic expression. A) $5 + 2x$. B) $5x + 2$. C) $2x + 5$. D) $2(x + 5)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $2x + 5$. 44. Twice the product of x and z diminished by 5 A) $2\left(xz-5\right)$. B) $5-2xz$. C) $2\left(x+z\right)-5$. D) $2xz-5$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $2xz-5$. 45. 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. 46. Ten thousand times the sum of a number and nine hundred A) 10000 + 900x. B) 10000(x + 900). C) 100000(x+900). D) 10000x + 900. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10000(x + 900). 47. What is the mathematical phrase of "a number more than 23" ? A) N + 23. B) N-3. C) 23 + n. D) 23-n. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23 + n. 48. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $x + y$ A) A number times another number. B) A number minus another number. C) A number plus another number. D) Another number plus a number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A number plus another number. 49. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?Rising periodically to the surface is a reflex action for sleeping males. A) Subject. B) Subject complement/predicate nominative. C) Direct object. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 50. 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. 51. 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. 52. Direct objects only follow an ..... verb. A) Action. B) Helping. C) Linking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 53. Four more than a number is negative two-thirds. A) $4+x=\frac{-2}{3}$. B) $x-4=\frac{-2}{3}$. C) $4+x=\frac{2}{3}$. D) $4+x=2$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $4+x=\frac{-2}{3}$. 54. Write a verbal expression for:2a+6 A) 6 more than the product of 2 times a. B) 6 less than the product of 2 times a. C) 6 more than the quotient of 2 and a. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 more than the product of 2 times a. 55. Five less than x A) X-5. B) 5x. C) 5-x. D) X + 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X-5. 56. It's getting cold. You'd better ..... your jacket. A) Turn on. B) Get off. C) Put on. D) Ask for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Put on. 57. Three more than a number squared A) $2\left(x+3\right)$. B) $x^2+3$. C) $\left(x+3\right)^2$. D) $\left(3+x\right)^2$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $x^2+3$. 58. An infinitive is a conjunction. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. How many terms?5x + 6y-5 A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 60. Which sentence correctly translates the verbal phrase 'to listen attentively'? A) To listen attentively. B) Listen attentive. C) To listen attentive. D) Listening attentively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To listen attentively. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesVerbal Phrases Quiz 1Verbal Phrases Quiz 2Verbal Phrases Quiz 3Verbal Phrases Quiz 4Verbal Phrases Quiz 6Verbal Phrases Quiz 7Verbal Phrases Quiz 8Verbal Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books