This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 32 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What tense is the verb? Mike will be singing tomorrow night. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 2. ..... economics, for an exam. A) Have. B) Study. C) Live. D) Do. E) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study. 3. Identify the main verb in the verb phrase.In the wild, a full-grown cacao tree can be 25 feet tall. A) Wild. B) Full-grown. C) Can. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be. 4. Identify the status of the main verb in the sentences.Congress had made problems for the president since the election. A) Past progressive. B) Past perfective. C) Present perfective. D) Past conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfective. 5. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Harry and his friends attend a school, Hogwarts. A) Harry. B) His friends. C) Attend. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attend. 6. What is the action verb in the following sentence? "The teachers take points off for late assignments." A) Take. B) Teachers. C) Off for. D) Points. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take. 7. Harry is always getting in trouble with the Dursleys. A) Is. B) Getting. C) Is always getting. D) Is getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is getting. 8. Find the verb phrase in the following sentence. A) Painters will live. B) Will live. C) Live. D) In the place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will live. 9. A word that adds description to a verb or adjective. Ex. "never" in "I never said that" OR "beautifully" in "It was beautifully simple." A) Adverb. B) Helping verb. C) Predicate. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 10. Identify the verb phrases in the sentence: "You may have seen them when they were wearing costumes such as gorilla suits." A) May have seen, were wearing. B) May have seen, such as. C) Have seen, were wearing. D) Seen them, wearing costumes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May have seen, were wearing. 11. Identify the verb or verb phrase:He wants a bike for Christmas. A) A bike. B) Wants. C) For Christmas. D) He wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wants. 12. Identify the verb or verb phrase:The student might pass his exam today. A) Might pass. B) Pass. C) Might. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might pass. 13. What is the PAST PARTICIPLE form of HAVE? A) HAVED. B) HAD. C) HAS. D) HAVING. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD. 14. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence: "Other people have been finding work as mimes." A) Been finding. B) Have been. C) Have been finding work. D) Have been finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been finding. 15. Identify the verb or verb phrase in the following sentences.Harry is almost always helped by teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. A) Is helped. B) Friends. C) Almost always helped. D) Is almost always helped. E) By teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is helped. 16. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? 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. 17. How many HELPING verbs are there in the following sentence? I should have been listening better at the concert. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 18. Which word(s) form the verb phrase in the sentence? Mike will be singing tomorrow night. A) Mike. B) Will. C) Will be. D) Will be singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be singing. 19. The following is what type of sentence? "Clean your room and then do your homework." A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Imperative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative. 20. The football players from the other team were not playing very well. A) Were not playing well. B) Playing well. C) Were playing. D) Not playing well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 21. Erin is feeding some water to the guinea pigs. A) Water. B) Erin. C) Feeding. D) Is feeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is feeding. 22. The pizza smells delicious. A) Pizza. B) Smells. C) Was. D) Smells delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smells. 23. Linking verbs LINK the subject to a word that describes it.What is the linking verb in this sentence? Kevin is a fireman in New York City. A) Kevin. B) Is. C) Bellevue. D) There is no linking verb in this sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 24. Fifty million gallons of waste are ..... into the river every day. A) Throw. B) Threw. C) Throwing. D) Thrown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thrown. 25. Find the main verb in the verb phrase. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sorted into Gryffindor. A) Gryffindor. B) Harry, Ron, and Hermione. C) Are. D) Sorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sorted. 26. Which of the following is an action verb? A) Being. B) Have. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 27. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? Summer rain is anticipated with both hope and fear by many people. A) Anticipated with. B) Hope and fear. C) Is anticipated. D) Rain anticipated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is anticipated. 28. Identify the simple predicate:Arelhan will be caring for chickens this spring. A) Will be. B) Will be caring. C) Will be caring for chickens this spring. D) Arelhan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be caring. 29. Identify the verb phrase:Are the babies crying again? A) Crying. B) Are. C) Are crying. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are crying. 30. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence.Its taste and texture have changed over the years. A) Its taste. B) And texture. C) Over the years. D) Have changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have changed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesVerb Phrases Quiz 1Verb Phrases Quiz 2Verb Phrases Quiz 3Verb Phrases Quiz 4Verb Phrases Quiz 5Verb Phrases Quiz 6Verb Phrases Quiz 7Verb Phrases Quiz 8Verb Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books