This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 45 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is(are) the helping verb(s)? Even though she is poor, she always gives her possessions away. A) Is | gives. B) Is. C) Gives. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 2. What type of verb is the word in red? Mrs. Baker is forty-two years old. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) Helping verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking verb. 3. Statement A:Department of Agriculture has announced the entry of ASF in the Philippines.Statement B:Chester Tan, president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc., said not even 1 percent of the entire industry was affected by the disease.Which of the following statements below is correct? A) Both underlined phrase are NOUN phrases. B) Both underlined phrases are VERB phrases. C) Statement A contains NOUN phrase; Statement B contains VERB phrase. D) Statement A contains VERB phrase; Statement B contains NOUN phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statement A contains VERB phrase; Statement B contains NOUN phrase. 4. All day we ..... to run outside with our dog. A) Want. B) Have wanted. C) Had wanted. D) Will want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have wanted. 5. Jasper does not understand the concept of organic chemistry. A) Does not. B) Does not understand. C) Does understand. D) Understand the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does understand. 6. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence.By the 1600s, hot chocolate had become popular in Europe. A) By the 1600s. B) Hot chocolate. C) In Europe. D) Had become. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had become. 7. Will you get me a marker? What VERB phrase is used in the sentence? A) Get me. B) Will you get. C) You get me. D) Will get. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will get. 8. What is the helping verb in the sentence below? She did see that a search was underway. A) Did. B) Was. C) Underway. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 9. I truly love them. A) I. B) Love. C) Truly love. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love. 10. Amanda might not have made the winning putt. A) Have made. B) Might have made. C) Might not have made. D) Have made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might have made. 11. What kind of phrase is the underlined phrase? She indeed has a wide knowledge about graphic arts and programming. A) Noun. B) Noun Phrase. C) Verb. D) Verb Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun Phrase. 12. Find the verb phrase in the following sentence. Harry is helped by teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. A) Is helped. B) Friends. C) Ron. D) Hermione. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is helped. 13. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.Hayden was talking during class. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping/main. 14. What is the helping verb in the sentence below? They were looking down. A) Were. B) Looking. C) Down. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 15. What is the verb phrase in this sentence:The bus driver should have stopped two blocks sooner. A) Sooner. B) Should have stopped. C) Bus driver. D) Driver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should have stopped. 16. What is the verb phrase in the sentence below? One computer screen had appeared brighter than the others after I started them. A) Had appeared. B) Started them. C) Than the others. D) Others after. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had appeared. 17. You can't have more than ..... helping verbs in a verb phrase. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 18. Find the verb phrase in the following sentences. Harry is helped by teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. A) Is helped. B) Friends. C) Ron. D) Hermione. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is helped. 19. Linking verbs are used to: A) Link the noun with another noun. B) Show action. C) Help the main verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Link the noun with another noun. 20. Jasmine has received a coupon for a free pizza. A) Has received. B) Coupon. C) Free pizza. D) Jasmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has received. 21. Selena is always disobeying the speed limit.What kind of phrase is the underlined group of words? A) Adjective phrase. B) Adverb phrase. C) Noun Phrase. D) Verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb phrase. 22. In grammar, a word that helps describe or add detail to another word A) Subject. B) Modifier. C) Object. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifier. 23. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? With luck, the summer monsoons should soon bring welcome rain this year. A) Should bring rain. B) Monsoons bring rain. C) Bring soon bring. D) Should bring. E) Welcome rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should bring. 24. What is the simple predicate/verb in the following sentence? "The vet gave the poor puppy several shots." A) Vet gave. B) The poor puppy. C) Gave. D) The vet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gave. 25. Because of the cold weather, the members of the marching band were worried about their first performance. A) Members of the marching band. B) Were worried. C) About their. D) The cold weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were worried. 26. Hagrid can sometimes appear scary. A) Hagrid. B) Can. C) Appear. D) Can sometimes appear. E) Can appear. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Can appear. 27. Others have expected little from her.What is the helping verb? A) Have. B) Little. C) Others. D) Expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 28. The surfaces of these huge columns are decorated with carvings. A) Huge columns. B) Decorated with. C) Are decorated. D) Carvings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are decorated. 29. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Cedric had always been the school's champion. A) Had always been. B) Been. C) Had been. D) Been the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 30. Identify the verb or verb phrase:At this rate, we may discover a cure for this disease. A) At this rate. B) Discover. C) May. D) May discover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May discover. ← 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