This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence 'The book lying on the table is mine, ' what type of verbal phrase is 'lying on the table'? A) Gerund Phrase. B) Prepositional Phrase. C) Infinitive Phrase. D) Participial Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participial Phrase. 2. Identify the operation associated with the following key word:SUM A) Addition. B) Multiplication. C) Division. D) Subtraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Addition. 3. Which of the mathematical phrases represents "10 years from now" A) N + 10. B) 10-n. C) N-10. D) 10 + n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) N + 10. 4. 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. 5. The quotient of a number and three is twenty. A) $3x=20$. B) $x+3=20$. C) $x\div3=20$. D) $x-3=20$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $x\div3=20$. 6. Joe hoped to find out by asking his teacher. A) Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Verb. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gerund. 7. Two-fifths of a number $n$ A) $\frac{2}{5\left(2n\right)}$. B) $\frac{2}{5}\left(2n\right)$. C) $\frac{2}{5n^2}$. D) $\frac{2}{5}\left(n^2\right)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $\frac{2}{5}\left(n^2\right)$. 8. Write an algebraic expression for:the product of 9 and a number decreased by 4 A) 9n-4. B) 9-4n. C) 9n + 4. D) 4-9n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9n-4. 9. 6 times the sum of 12 and 8 A) (8x6)+12. B) (12-8)x6. C) 12+(6x8). D) 6x(12+8). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6x(12+8). 10. The quotient of a and b A) A(b). B) A + b. C) A/b. D) A-b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A/b. 11. Twenty eight subtracted from a number $p$ A) $28-28p$. B) $28-p$. C) $p-28$. D) $28p-28$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $p-28$. 12. Mike is 6 years younger than Iris. What expression can be used to find Mike's age? A) A-6. B) 6a. C) 6-a. D) 6 + a. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A-6. 13. 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) Left the house. C) By his father. D) Took a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scolded by his father. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Louise looks like my grandpa. He makes me ..... Grandpa when I see him. A) Hear about. B) Think of. C) Agree with. D) Think about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Think of. 19. Three less than twice a number A) 3x-2. B) 2x-3. C) 3-2x. D) 2-3x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2x-3. 20. Translate:The quotient of a number z and 2. A) Z + 2. B) Z-2. C) Z / 2. D) 2z. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Z / 2. 21. 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. 22. Twice a number, decreased by 47 A) $2x-47$. B) $2(x-47)$. C) $2x+47$. D) $2(x+47)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $2x-47$. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. What is the translation of '' y-5 '' A) Y yields five. B) Y added to five. C) Five subtracted from y. D) Y is less than 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five subtracted from y. 26. 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. 27. Translate 'the number decreased by 10' into a math expression. A) X / 10. B) X-10. C) X + 10. D) 10-x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-10. 28. Match the clue word with the operation:PER A) Divide. B) Multiply. C) Add. D) Subtract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divide. 29. 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) $12x-3$. 30. For 1 point:The sum of a number r and 12. A) R-12. B) 12-r. C) 12+r. D) R+12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) R+12. ← 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 8Verbal Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books