This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Adverbs > Adverbial Phrase – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Phrase Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the adverbial phrase in the following sentence:The cat slept peacefully under the warm sun. A) Under the warm sun. B) The cat. C) Slept peacefully. D) Peacefully under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the warm sun. 2. How is the red phrase functioning? The heavy snow stopped in the late morning. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 3. What is the noun phrase?There were fresh vegetables of every shape and size. A) Fresh vegetables. B) Vegetables of. C) There were. D) Every shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fresh vegetables. 4. Indicate the type of prepositional phrase in the sentence below.Noises echoed throughout the cavern. A) Adjectival Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial Phrase. 5. Find the sentence with the reduced adverb clause:While I was walking to class, I found a lost wallet. A) While I was walked to class, I found a lost wallet. B) While walking to class, I found a lost wallet. C) While was walking to class, I found a lost wallet. D) While I was walk to class, I found a lost wallet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While walking to class, I found a lost wallet. 6. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:As the weather was cold, we had to postpone the picnic. A) The weather being cold, we had to postpone the picnic. B) The weather being hot, we had to postpone the picnic. C) The weather be cold, we had to postpone the picnic. D) The weather were cold, we had to postpone the picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The weather being cold, we had to postpone the picnic. 7. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of adverbial phrases? A) They can be moved within a sentence. B) They always start with an adverb. C) They can consist of multiple words. D) They can provide additional information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They always start with an adverb. 8. Identify the adverbial phrase in this sentence:'She danced with grace during the performance.' A) She danced. B) During the performance. C) With grace during. D) With grace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With grace. 9. Todas las noches A) Last night. B) Every night. C) Every once in a while. D) Always. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every night. 10. Tim always goes cycling ..... Sundays. A) Every. B) All the. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 11. Identify the clause in red ink as either independent or subordinate.If you adjust the blinds, you won't be so hot. A) Independent clause. B) Subordinate clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate clause. 12. Identify the adverb phrase(s) in the sentence:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched to end discrimination. A) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. B) Marched to. C) End discrimination. D) To end discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To end discrimination. 13. Find the sentence with the reduced clause:Because Sam didn't want to worry his elderly mother, he didn't tell her his son was in the hospital. A) Not wanting to worry his elderly mother, Sam didn't . B) Not want to worry his elderly mother, Sam didn't . C) Not wanted to worry his elderly mother, Sam didn't . D) Wanting to worry his elderly mother, Sam didn't . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not wanting to worry his elderly mother, Sam didn't . 14. My homework wasn't done very well because I had to do it ..... A) In private. B) In a hurry. C) In secret. D) In public. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a hurry. 15. In spite her severe pain, she tried to walk to the auditorium to attend the lecture. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 16. ..... are you from? A) When. B) How. C) Which. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where. 17. What day of the week do you go to the movies? (every Sunday) A) Sunday. B) Monday. C) Friday. D) Wednesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunday. 18. Identify the prepositional phrase as "adjectival" or "adverbial."He backed his car into the neighbor's garage. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 19. I've been learning French for ages, and ..... I'm starting to feel more confident. A) Gradually. B) Anyway. C) Apparently. D) Ideally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually. 20. The exam was really difficult but ..... I passed! A) In the end. B) At the end. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the end. 21. A phrase is ..... A) Group of words without a verb. B) A sentence. C) Group of words with a verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Group of words without a verb. 22. In this sentence, what does the adverbial phrase modify?She danced like a professional. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 23. What kind of phrase is it?A whale breathes air through its lungs. A) Adjectival phrase. B) Adverbial phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial phrase. 24. He ran very quickly to catch the bus. A) Adjective Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial Phrase. 25. What is the function of the adverbial phrase in the sentence:'He drove with great care'? A) It modifies the noun 'care'. B) It modifies the verb 'drove'. C) It modifies the adjective 'great'. D) It modifies the entire sentence. 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