This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Adjective Phrases – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adjective Phrases Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the noun that is being modified by the adjective phrase.San Juan Capistrano, which is near Los Angeles, is one of California's historic missions. A) San Juan Capistrano. B) Los Angeles. C) Which. D) Missions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) San Juan Capistrano. 2. Identify the word the underlined phrase modifies and tell if it's an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase.The angry lion quietly walked behind the tall, yellow grass. A) Walked; adverb. B) Quietly; adverb. C) Lion; adjective. D) Grass; adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked; adverb. 3. Identify the case and number of the following noun-adjective phrase:agricola bonus. A) Nominative singular. B) Accusative singular. C) Genitive plural. D) Dative singular. E) Ablative singular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominative singular. 4. Find the Verb Phrase:"Matthew had been sleeping in his bed." A) Had. B) Been sleeping in. C) Been sleeping. D) Had been sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been sleeping. 5. Which is an example of Adjective Prepositional Phrase? A) With the pink fur. B) Black, green and white. C) Has hot and cold. D) The green can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the pink fur. 6. How many components do premodifiers have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 7. Which sentence has a preposition functioning as an adjective? A) The duck in the pond is beautiful. B) I swam in the ocean last summer. C) Near the walkway is a stray dog. D) The teacher next to me is intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The duck in the pond is beautiful. 8. Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence, "She was proud of her son winning the science fair." ? A) Proud. B) Winning. C) Science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proud. 9. Which of the following completes the sentence, 'Maggie's friends, ..... are going to be her bridesmaids.'? A) They showed up in the party. B) A couple showed up in the party. C) A couple of them showed up in the party. D) A couple of whom showed up in the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A couple of whom showed up in the party. 10. Identify the word the underlined phrase modifies and tell if it's an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase.Throughout the spring, Ava spent her time in the garden. A) Ava; adjective. B) Spent; adverb. C) Time; adverb. D) Flowers; adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spent; adverb. 11. Katherine has a job interview in two days. A) Time. B) Frequency. C) Place. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 12. What does an adverb phrase modify? A) A phrase. B) Modify verbs, adjectives, or another adverb. C) Modify nouns or pronouns or tells us something about the noun it's modifying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modify verbs, adjectives, or another adverb. 13. Find the Verb Phrase:"Mary will have been playing the flute for ten years next month." A) Will. B) Will have been. C) Will have been playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have been playing. 14. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:Look down the mountain, and tell me what you see. A) Look down. B) What you see. C) Tell me. D) Down the mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down the mountain. 15. Find the adjective phrase:Adam became principal of the school last Thursday. A) Adam became. B) Of the school. C) School last Thursday. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the school. 16. What is the object of the adjective phrase(s)? Helga's cousin from New Orleans waited in the living room. A) Helga. B) Cousin. C) New Orleans. D) Waited. E) Room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Orleans. 17. Which preposition should be used to make the sentence correct? You are the wind ..... my wings. A) Under. B) Below. C) Underneath. D) Beneath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beneath. 18. Exclamatory adjective sentences: A) Is used in exclamation. B) Follow the nouns they modify. C) Have personal reference. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is used in exclamation. 19. Natasha wanted to take a course with ..... professor. A) That interesting new Japanese. B) That interesting, new, Japanese, economics. C) That Japanese interesting, new economics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That interesting, new, Japanese, economics. 20. Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence, "The highly emotive actor gave a wonderful performance." ? A) Highly. B) Emotive. C) Wonderful. D) Performance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotive. 21. What type of phrase is this? Jack will sit in silence. A) Adjective phrase, because in silence is describing how he is sitting. B) Adverbial phrase, because sit in silence is functioning as an adverb. C) Adjective phrase, because it tells that he is sitting. D) Adverbial phrase, because it modifies a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial phrase, because sit in silence is functioning as an adverb. 22. Which of the following completes the sentence, 'The physics theories, ..... are needed in the exam.'? A) All of whom are hard to understand. B) All of them are hard to understand. C) All of which are hard to understand. D) All of it are hard to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of which are hard to understand. 23. What is a adjective phrase? A) A bunch of words that has four verbs and one noun it it. B) A verb that describes another verb that acts as an adjective. C) A group of words headed by an adjective that modifies a noun. D) A group of words headed by an adjective that modifies and verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of words headed by an adjective that modifies a noun. 24. Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence, "She is rather fond of skiing." ? A) Rather. B) Fond. C) Skiing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fond. 25. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The class traveled through Spain and Italy. A) The class traveled. B) Through Spain. C) Through Spain and Italy. D) Traveled through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through Spain and Italy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAdjective Phrases Quiz 1Adjective Phrases Quiz 2Adjective Phrases Quiz 3Adjective Phrases Quiz 4Adjective Phrases Quiz 5Adjective Phrases Quiz 6Adjective Phrases Quiz 7Adjective Phrases Quiz 9Adjective Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books