This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Infinitive Phrases – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Infinitive Phrases Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the infinitive "To send the document before the deadline" A) Send. B) The document. C) Before. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 2. Identify the participle phrase in the sentence:'The cat, purring softly, lay on the windowsill.' A) The cat. B) Purring softly. C) Lay on the windowsill. D) On the windowsill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purring softly. 3. What is the function of an infinitive phrase in this example?Let him show you the best way to paint the door. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 4. Which sentence uses an infinitive as a direct object? A) His ambition is to become president. B) To swim is her favorite activity. C) She wants to travel the world. D) They went to the store to buy milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wants to travel the world. 5. Find the infinitive. "To wait for dinner doesn't bother me at all." A) Dinner. B) To wait. C) At all. D) Doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To wait. 6. Find the participle phrase in the sentence:'The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller.' A) The book. B) Written by a famous author. C) Became a bestseller. D) By a famous author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written by a famous author. 7. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:'To win the championship was his ultimate goal.' A) To win the championship. B) Was his ultimate goal. C) The championship. D) His ultimate goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To win the championship. 8. Infinitives and infinitive phrases always begin with what word? A) Of. B) Because. C) To. D) A verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 9. What is the infinitive phrase in the sentence: "I've been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to let you by" ? A) Thinking about. B) Walk down. C) Pull in. D) To let. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To let. 10. Is this a complete sentence? To read makes waiting better. A) Yes, an infinitive is okay as the subject. B) No, an infinitive can only be a verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, an infinitive is okay as the subject. 11. What is the function of the infinitive phrase in "The team has a chance to win the championship" ? A) Direct object. B) Indirect object. C) Subject complement. D) Adjective modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct object. 12. Identify the infinitive phrase. If there is no infinitive, choose none. "Come eat lunch, " Mom yelled as I opened the door to my room. A) Come eat lunch. B) Yelled as I opened. C) To my room. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 13. Multiple infinitives can be separated by ..... or ..... A) Commas, semicolons. B) Conjunctions, periods. C) Commas, verbs. D) Commas, conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commas, conjunctions. 14. Evaluate the sentence "The best way to learn is to practice regularly." What is the function of the infinitive phrase "to practice regularly" ? A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 15. Identify the function of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:The night light is there to calm the children. A) Adjective. B) Subject. C) Predicate nominative. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 16. In which sentence does the infinitive phrase act as the subject? A) To see the world is my dream. B) She has a book to read. C) He needs a place to stay. D) She loves to read in the evenings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see the world is my dream. 17. Differentiate between the gerund and infinitive phrase in the following sentence:He enjoys cooking and to bake. A) Cooking is a gerund and to bake is an infinitive phrase. B) Cooking is a conjunction and to bake is an adjective. C) Cooking is a preposition and to bake is a verb. D) Cooking is an adverb and to bake is a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking is a gerund and to bake is an infinitive phrase. 18. Is this a complete sentence? A bag to take to class. A) Yes! This sentence is fine. B) No. This sentence doesn't have a predicate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. This sentence doesn't have a predicate. 19. We have time to walk to the game. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 20. Which of the following statements about how commas are used with infinitive phrases is NOT true. A) Use a comma after an introductory infinitive phrase. B) Use commas around an infinitive phrase in the middle of a sentence when it interrupts the flow. C) Use commas before an infinitive at the end of a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use commas before an infinitive at the end of a sentence. 21. Identify the function of the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Running is good exercise. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Subject. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 22. We peeked at the baby in the crib to see her.The infinitive phrase is ..... A) At the baby in the crib to see her. B) To see her. C) To see. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see her. 23. Identify the function of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:I go to Dubai Flea Market every Friday to buy some pre-loved items and sell the things I don't need. A) Adjective. B) Direct object. C) Predicate nominative. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 24. TRUE/FALSE:An infinitive used as an adjective usually appears immediately before the noun it modifies. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 25. What is the function of the infinitive in the following sentence:A new exercise routine is difficult to start. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesInfinitive Phrases Quiz 1Infinitive Phrases Quiz 2Infinitive Phrases Quiz 4Infinitive Phrases Quiz 5Infinitive Phrases Quiz 6Infinitive Phrases Quiz 7Infinitive Phrases Quiz 8Infinitive Phrases Quiz 9Infinitive Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books