This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Helping verbs are also known as what? A) Linking verbs. B) Auxiliary verbs. C) Verb phrases. D) Action verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auxiliary verbs. 2. I have ..... home to tell you some important news A) Come. B) Came. C) Went. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Come. 3. In the following sentence, the helping verb(s) is ..... " I must be writing this report soon." A) Report. B) Must, be. C) Must. D) Must be writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must, be. 4. I work A) In a school. B) A taxi. C) Baseball. D) To a room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a school. 5. Can you ..... any other languages? A) Speak. B) Speaks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speak. 6. What is the function of a verb phrase in a sentence? A) The function of a verb phrase in a sentence is to connect two independent clauses. B) The function of a verb phrase in a sentence is to express the action or state of being. C) The function of a verb phrase in a sentence is to indicate the tense of the sentence. D) The function of a verb phrase in a sentence is to modify a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The function of a verb phrase in a sentence is to express the action or state of being. 7. He was worried that he'd arrive too late to ..... the last bus home. A) Catch. B) Go. C) Arrive. D) Miss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catch. 8. Sr. Cav is going to drive. A) Sr. Cav debe manejar. B) Sr Cav es va a manejar. C) Sr Cav va a manejar. D) Sr Cav tiene que manejar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sr Cav va a manejar. 9. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Before leaving the house, get your bookbag. A) Before leaving. B) Get your bookbag. C) Get. D) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get. 10. On Saturdays, I often feel like ..... nothing until the evening. A) Listening to. B) Going out. C) Getting. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing. 11. Select the verb phrase from the following sentence:"The hyper giraffe was not thinking when he lept the fence." A) Was thinking. B) Was not thinking. C) Lept the fence. D) When he lept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was thinking. 12. Of course a hurdler will have practiced for many hours before an important race. A) Have practiced for. B) Will have practiced. C) Will have. D) Practiced for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have practiced. 13. Which word in the sentence is an action verb?The farmer worked hard in the fields. A) Farmer. B) Worked. C) Fields. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 14. Identify the main verb of the sentences.Woody has become a music icon since the sixties. A) Since the sixties. B) A music icon. C) Has. D) Has become. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has become. 15. Nosotros ..... ..... buenas vacaciones porque necesitamos descansar mucho. A) Esperamos tener. B) Deciden tomar. C) Le encanta visitar. D) Debo llenar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Esperamos tener. 16. Select the verb phrase for the following sentence: "I am feeling annoyed by that marker clicking!" A) Am feeling annoyed. B) Am feeling. C) Am feeling annoyed by. D) Am feeling annoyed by that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am feeling. 17. Select the verb phrase of the following sentence: "I was thinking about teaching grammar." A) Was thinking. B) Was thinking about. C) I was thinking. D) About teaching grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was thinking. 18. I don't play ..... but I play ..... A) On piano/in tennis. B) The piano/tennis. C) On the piano/tennis. D) The piano/on tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The piano/tennis. 19. It's too much information to take on at once. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. At the end of the games, he'd won four gold medals. A) At the end. B) He'd won. C) Had won. D) He had won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had won. 21. Which time expression is used in 'simple past tense'? A) On weekdays. B) Next year. C) Two minutes ago. D) At the moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two minutes ago. 22. Ever since the days of ancient Greece, athletes have been competing in many sports. A) Since the days. B) Athletes have been. C) Have been. D) Have been competing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been competing. 23. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?Snape could be lurking around here somewhere. A) Could be. B) Could be lurking. C) Be lurking. D) Lurking around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could be lurking. 24. Other great athletes may have trained for years for a specific track event. A) Athletes may have. B) May have. C) May have trained for. D) May have trained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May have trained. 25. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?The summer monsoons will usually bring rain. A) Monsoons bring. B) Will usually bring. C) Will bring. D) Bring rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will bring. ← 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