This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a verb phrase A) A verb phrase can be the predicate of a sentence or a clause. B) A verb phrase is simply a group of two or more words that function as an adverb in a sentence. C) Every verb phrase is a series of words made up of a preposition and its object. D) A word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verb phrase can be the predicate of a sentence or a clause. 2. ..... a word in English A) Have. B) Drive. C) Speak. D) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Say. 3. Mathew has waited a very long time. A) Past perfect. B) Present perfect. C) Future perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect. 4. Find the verb phrase:Hermione may be seen as one of many influential female characters in literature. A) May. B) May be. C) May be seen. D) May be seen as one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May be seen. 5. Find the verb phrase:Harry had been helped by teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. A) Had helped. B) Been helped. C) By teachers. D) Had been helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been helped. 6. What do you cook? A) I cook meat. B) I cooks vegetarian dishes. C) I cook coffee. D) I cooks butter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I cook meat. 7. Have you ever seen a piece of petrified wood? A) You. B) Ever. C) Seen. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 8. Soon everyone will compete. A) Soon. B) Everyone will. C) Will compete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will compete. 9. ..... the gardening A) Have. B) Do. C) Work. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 10. You should ..... plenty of water with you at all times. A) Be. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 11. Determine the verb in the following sentence!Jogging should increase your stamina. A) Should. B) Increase. C) Should increase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should increase. 12. What is the main verb in this sentence:My dad and my mom must travel to New York next week. A) Next. B) Week. C) Must. D) Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Travel. 13. Identify the verb in the sentence:'The men will dig a deep hole for the new swimming pool.' A) Will dig. B) Will. C) Dig. D) Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will dig. 14. The holes in Swiss cheese are created by air bubbles. A) In Swiss cheese. B) Created by. C) Are created by. D) Are created. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are created. 15. Dylan can climb over that fence. A) Can. B) Can climb. C) Can climb over. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can climb. 16. Did you ..... involved with any charity work last year? A) Get. B) Getting. C) Got. D) Gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get. 17. I want to ..... a cake for my sister, so I'm going to the supermarket to get some eggs and flour. A) Buy. B) Exchange. C) Send. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make. 18. Identify the verb phrase in each sentence.Such a mixture could have been the first chocolate drink. A) Such a mixture. B) First chocolate drink. C) Could have been. D) A mixture could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could have been. 19. The band had practiced, too. A) The band. B) Band had. C) Had practiced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had practiced. 20. He ..... books all day long A) Read. B) Reads. C) Look. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reads. 21. I've only ..... into one sport-basketball. All the rest are boring. A) Get. B) Getting. C) Got. D) Gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gotten. 22. Choose the correct noun phrase in the sentence:The bright stars twinkled in the night sky. A) The bright stars. B) Twinkled in. C) In the night sky. D) The night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bright stars. 23. Jesse Owen's ability, however, could not be denied. A) Could not be denied. B) Not be denied. C) Be denied. D) Could be denied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could be denied. 24. COMPLETE:She's ..... dinner. A) Doing. B) Making. C) Reading. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making. 25. Soon he would be competing with world-class athletes. A) Would be competing. B) Would be. C) Be competing with. D) Be competing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would be competing. 26. When I called ..... , ..... was sleeping. A) He-her. B) She-him. C) Her-him. D) Him-he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Him-he. 27. Jenna had arrived at the station just as the train was leaving. A) Present perfect. B) Past perfect. C) Future perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 28. Choose the correct answer:Ahmed likes ..... , he is an artist. A) Reading books. B) Drawing pictures. C) Writing stories. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drawing pictures. 29. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:Those girls are not trying very hard. A) Those girls. B) Very hard. C) Trying very hard. D) Are not trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are not trying. 30. A good hurdler should have speed, rhythm, and balance. A) Should have speed. B) Hurdler should have. C) Should have. D) Have speed, rhythm, and balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesVerb Phrases Quiz 1Verb Phrases Quiz 2Verb Phrases Quiz 4Verb Phrases Quiz 5Verb Phrases Quiz 6Verb Phrases Quiz 7Verb Phrases Quiz 8Verb Phrases Quiz 9Verb Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books