This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The chef ..... fresh herbs to enhance the flavor of the dish. A) Used to. B) Use. C) Is used to. D) Used. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Used. 2. Guess the correct preposition!To end a relationship A) Break down. B) Break through. C) Break away. D) Break up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break up. 3. Twice a number minus 25 is 2 A) 25-2b = 2. B) 25b-2 = 2. C) 2-25b = 2. D) 2b-25 = 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2b-25 = 2. 4. I told you this road went the wrong way, but you just wouldn't listen. Now we have to ..... and take another road. A) Pass by. B) Go ahead. C) Move away. D) Turn around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn around. 5. Translate the following equation into a verbal sentence. $x+5=2\left(7+x\right)$ A) The quotient of x and five is two times seven plus x. B) The number x plus five is two times the sum of seven and x. C) The number x plus five is two times seven plus x. D) The product of x and five is the sum of two times seven and x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number x plus five is two times the sum of seven and x. 6. Write the words as an expression. Subtract 24 from the product of 12 and 8. A) 24-12 x 8. B) 12-8 x 24. C) (24-8) x 12. D) 8-12 x 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24-12 x 8. 7. Translate:The sum of m and n. A) M / n. B) M * n. C) M + n. D) M-n. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M + n. 8. What is the expression for "six less than y" A) 6-y. B) 6 < y. C) Y-6. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Y-6. 9. 10 times a number A) 10 + b. B) 10b. C) 10/b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10b. 10. Translate:The product of a number p and 3. A) P-3. B) 3 + p. C) P + 3. D) 3p. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3p. 11. Which sentence with gerund is incorrect? A) Starting to cry, she wipes away the tears with her hand. B) We are three families, eating in one tent, living and sitting in one single tent. C) Speeding to the finish line, she won the race. D) They sleep and eat there, sharing food cooked on a small camping stove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speeding to the finish line, she won the race. 12. In the sentence "Swimming in the ocean is my favorite activity, " identify the type of verbal phrase. A) Infinitive. B) Participial. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 13. She is ..... for Mary, who is sick today. A) Filling in. B) Filling out. C) Filling up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filling in. 14. Verbal expressions are the same as algebraic expressions, but they are just written using words. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Is the place of participle phrase correct?Downloaded by more than a million people, I felt great about my application. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. Translate the verbal phrase "the quotient of a number and four" into an algebraic expression. A) $x/4$. B) $4/x$. C) $4x$. D) $x + 4$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x/4$. 17. Which of the following is a solution for the equation?x/4 + 10 = 15 A) 25. B) 1. C) 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 18. Which expression represents the verbal phrase below?A number increased by five A) 5/n. B) N + 5. C) 5n. D) 5-n. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N + 5. 19. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters an infinitive phrase?To keep the reactor from overheating, the engineer switched on the emergency cooling system. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. M plus the product of 6 and n A) M + 6 + n. B) M + 6n. C) M-6 + n. D) 6m + n. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) M + 6n. 21. The product of a number and 18 added from 14 A) 14 + 18a. B) 18a-14. C) 14a + 18. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14 + 18a. 22. Choose the algebraic expression that best fits the following situation:Frankie earns $ 5 for every survey he completes. A) $5\div s$. B) $5\cdot s$. C) $5+s$. D) $5-s$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $5\cdot s$. 23. The difference of a number and seven is 18. A) $7-x=18$. B) $x-7=18$. C) $x-18=7$. D) $x+7=18$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $x-7=18$. 24. Understand the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The book on the table belongs to me. A) On the table. B) Inside the refrigerator. C) Beside the window. D) Under the chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the table. 25. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.14 subtracted from the quantity 6 times k A) 6k-14. B) 6-14k. C) 14k-6. D) 14-6k. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6k-14. 26. Translate:A number d less than 4, plus 1. A) 3-d. B) 4-d + 1. C) D + 3. D) D + 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4-d + 1. 27. Which numeric expression matches this written expression?add four and nine and then multiply by six A) (4+9)x6. B) 6x9+4. C) 9x4-6. D) (6-4)x9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (4+9)x6. 28. Five times a number is 48. A) $5\div x=48$. B) $5\cdot x=84$. C) $5x=48$. D) $48x=5$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $5x=48$. 29. In the sentence "The boy, excited by the news, ran home, " what is the verbal phrase? A) The boy. B) Excited by the news. C) Ran home. D) The newsTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited by the news. 30. What is the coefficient of the 3rd term?6xy-5 + 3w-2c A) 2. B) 3. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 31. The sum of a number and 5 decreased by the thrice a number less 4. A) (a + 5)-3a-4. B) A + 5 + 3 (a-4). C) (a-5)-(3a-4). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (a-5)-(3a-4). 32. What is the role of modifiers in phrases? A) Modifiers provide additional information about the main word in the phrase, enhancing clarity and detail. B) Modifiers are used to replace the main word in the phrase. C) Modifiers serve to confuse the reader by adding unnecessary complexity. D) Modifiers are only used in complex sentences and have no role in simple phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modifiers provide additional information about the main word in the phrase, enhancing clarity and detail. 33. A linking verb can be the main verb in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:I'd like to watch the new action movie. A) A. the new action movie. B) B. i'd like to watch. C) C. to watch the new action movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. to watch the new action movie. 35. Translate 'the total of x, y, and z' into a math expression. A) X / y / z. B) X * y * z. C) X-y-z. D) X + y + z. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X + y + z. 36. Create a sentence using a participial phrase to describe a person. A) The man, running quickly, caught the bus. B) To run quickly is his goal. C) Running is his favorite activity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man, running quickly, caught the bus. 37. Determine how the infinitive phrase is being used in the sentence.His only ambition was to succeed at his job. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 38. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:They started dancing to the music. A) To the music. B) Dancing to the music. C) They started. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dancing to the music. 39. Which of the following is a gerund phrase? A) To swim in the ocean. B) Swam in the ocean. C) Swimming in the ocean. D) Swims in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming in the ocean. 40. Twice r divided by 3 A) 2r x 3. B) 2r/3. C) 2r + 3. D) 2r-3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2r/3. 41. Write a verbal expression for:4q A) Four q. B) Four times q. C) Four plus q. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four times q. 42. The difference of a number t and 2 A) T + 2. B) T-2. C) 2-t. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T-2. 43. I made money that summer by working in the campus library. A) Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 44. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a participial phrase?Aiming carefully, the hunter squeezed the trigger. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 45. Half of a number, y A) $\frac{y}{2}$. B) Y-$\frac{1}{2}$. C) Y + $\frac{1}{2}$. D) 2y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $\frac{y}{2}$. 46. The sum of a number x and a number y, cubed A) X + y$^{2}$. B) X + y$^{3}$. C) (x + y)$^{3}$. D) (x + y)$^{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (x + y)$^{3}$. 47. Four times the sum of 7 and w A) 4 x w. B) 4(7 + w). C) 47w. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4(7 + w). 48. The word "of" represents what operation? A) Multiplication. B) Division. C) Subtraction. D) Addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiplication. 49. Convert the phrase 'the difference between a number and 8, multiplied by 2' into an algebraic expression. A) 2(x-8). B) 2(x + 2). C) 2(x + 8). D) 2(x-2). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2(x-8). 50. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... Selecting a vocation is a major decision. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund phrase. 51. Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence: "To travel around the world is my dream." A) My dream. B) Around the world. C) To travel around the world. D) Is my dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To travel around the world. 52. X less than 10 can be written as A) 10-x. B) X-10. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10-x. 53. 6 more than the difference of 9 and a number p A) 6 + p-9. B) 6 + (p-9). C) 6 + (9-p). D) 6 + 9-p. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6 + (9-p). 54. What is the mathematical expression of the quotient of 24 times a number and-4? A) $-\frac{4}{24x}$. B) $\frac{24x}{-4}$. C) $24x-4$. D) $24x+4$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $\frac{24x}{-4}$. 55. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:SPLIT INTO A) Multiplication. B) Division. C) Addition. D) Subtraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Division. 56. Students brought in 300 canned goods for the food drive on Monday. On Tuesday students brought in x more than the day before. Write an expression for how many canned goods students brought on Tuesday. A) X-300. B) 300x. C) 300 + x. D) 300-x. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300 + x. 57. Evaluate the equation:(10+5)-6 A) 12. B) 11. C) 9. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 58. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: "She wants to learn French before her trip." A) Before her trip. B) She wants. C) French before. D) To learn French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To learn French. 59. An infinitive can be used as a noun, adjective or an adverb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. Whic of the following is not the verbal phrase of the '' = '' sign? A) Ratio of. B) Yields. C) Is. D) Results in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ratio of. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books