This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The noun or noun phrase the follows a preposition and completes its meaning. Ex. "silence" in "We ate in silence" A) Predicate nominative. B) Modifier. C) Object of a preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object of a preposition. 2. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Mad Eye Moody was trapped in the bottom for months. A) Was. B) Was trapped in. C) In the bottom. D) Was trapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was trapped. 3. Identify the verb or verb phrase in the following:Ryan had not been walking to the playground. A) Had been. B) Been walking. C) Walking. D) Had been walking. E) Had not been walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been walking. 4. Even an amateur engineer or artist can appreciate the tremendous efforts that must have gone into the completion of this temple. A) Can appreciate. B) An amateur engineer. C) Must have. D) Completion of this temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can appreciate. 5. Find the verb phrase in the following sentences. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sorted into Gryffindor. A) Gryffindor. B) Harry, Ron, and Hermione. C) Into Gryffindor. D) Are sorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are sorted. 6. What is the main verb in the sentence? I will go to the game next week. A) Go. B) Will. C) Next. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 7. What tense is the verb? past, present, or futureThe girls are singing Jingle Bells. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 8. Drake must not have remembered to bring his homework today. A) Must have remembered. B) Not have remembered. C) Have remembered. D) Have remembered to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have remembered. 9. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Filch would have loved if they were out of their beds. A) Have loved. B) Would have. C) Lovedloved. D) Would have loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would have loved. 10. Find the verb or verb phrase:For Thanksgiving, I plan to go to New York City. A) To go. B) Plan. C) Go to. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plan. 11. Dylan can climb over the fence. A) Fence. B) Dylan. C) Can climb. D) Over the fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can climb. 12. Identify the verb or verb phrase:He could have come today. A) Could certainly. B) Could have. C) Could have come. D) Could certainly have come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could have come. 13. We who run the festival would like to thank the volunteers who helped with the event. What is the noun phrase? A) The festival. B) Helped with the event. C) Volunteers. D) We who run the festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We who run the festival. 14. What is the verb phrase in the sentence below? We all learned while we were planning to leave. A) Were planning. B) To leave. C) Learned while. D) We all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were planning. 15. What is the linking verb in the sentence below? She felt exhausted after the race. A) Felt. B) Exhausted. C) She. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Felt. 16. Identify the red word:Mrs. Durham will usually ask us to share our response. A) Helping verb. B) Action verb. C) Conjunction. D) Adverb interrupter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb interrupter. 17. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence.The seeds from the cacao tree are processed for chocolate. A) The seeds. B) From the cacao tree. C) Are processed. D) For chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are processed. 18. The whales were watching us. A) Whales. B) Were. C) Were watching. D) Watching us. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 19. Identify the verb phrase:Sing loudly and stand proudly to the National Anthem. A) Stand proudly. B) Sing loudly. C) Sing and stand. D) Stand. E) Sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sing and stand. 20. ..... to music, the radio. A) Go. B) Like. C) Play. D) Speak. E) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Listen. 21. What is the verb or verb phrase in this sentence? The complaining child refused to go to the store for his mother. A) Complaining. B) To the store. C) Refused. D) To go. E) For his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refused. 22. What kind of phrase is the underlined phrase? She got annoyed because her worst nemesis passed by. A) Noun. B) Noun Phrase. C) Verb. D) Verb Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun Phrase. 23. Identify the verb phrase:Sheila must have found a mistake. A) Must found. B) Have found. C) Must have found. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have found. 24. ..... fast food. A) Cook. B) Have. C) Eat. D) Work. E) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eat. 25. Which sentence has a linking verb only? A) He could have run from the other students. B) Today was a cloudy and dreary day. C) We ran to the park and back. D) The team practices every day in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Today was a cloudy and dreary day. ← 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