This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the auxiliary verb in the following sentence? You are becoming a master at verbs! A) Are. B) Becoming. C) Master. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 2. What is the verb? I dreamed of a giant ice-cream cone. A) Dreamed. B) Giant. C) Ice-cream. D) Cone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreamed. 3. What is(are) the helping verb(s)? If you are hungry, you should try to eat something. A) Are | should try. B) Should. C) Are. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 4. Choose the correct label to identify the underlined part of the sentence.Potatoes have some acid in them, as well. A) Main verb. B) Helping verb. C) Verb phrase. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither. 5. In a forest clearing, a dark, mysterious jaguar sauntered by the water. What NOUN phrase is used in the sentence? A) In a forest clearing. B) Dark, mysterious. C) Dark, mysterious jaguar. D) A dark, mysterious jaguar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A dark, mysterious jaguar. 6. Choose the correct label to identify the underlined part of the sentence. A potato can become a battery, too. A) Main verb. B) Helping verb. C) Verb phrase. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping verb. 7. Was my dog sleeping on the couch? A) Was sleeping. B) Was. C) Sleeping. D) Sleeping on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 8. Find the verb phrase in the following sentence. During the novels, Harry is learning things about magic and his past. A) Magic. B) Past. C) Is learning. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is learning. 9. Finish the Helping Verb Song lyric:Helping verbs, helping verbs, there are ..... A) 53. B) 23. C) No such thing. D) La da da da deeee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23. 10. Which word is the helping verb? He has gone to the beach before. A) He. B) Has. C) Gone. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 11. Find the verb phrase in the following 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. 12. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence.Its many varieties are enjoyed by people the world over. A) Are enjoyed. B) Its many varieties. C) By people. D) The world over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are enjoyed. 13. What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? The weather can become very dry during this time. A) Become dry. B) Can become dry. C) Can become. D) Can become during. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can become. 14. Select the verb phrase from the following sentence:"Could you see what he wrote on the board? " A) Wrote on. B) Wrote on the board. C) Could you see. D) Could see. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could see. 15. What is the simple subject of the following sentence? Master craftsmen would teach young boys certain skills. A) Master craftsman. B) Would teach young boys certain skills. C) Craftsman. D) Would teach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Craftsman. 16. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:The audience was silent when the conductor walked on stage. A) The. B) Audience. C) Was. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 17. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence.The Maya and the Aztec peoples did process chocolate centuries ago. A) The Aztec peoples. B) Did process. C) The Maya. D) Centuries ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did process. 18. The Dursleys should have been nicer to Harry. A) Should. B) Should have. C) Been. D) Should have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should have been. 19. 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. 20. The man will dig a deep hole for the new swimming pool. A) Man. B) Will dig. C) Deep hole. D) Swimming pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will dig. 21. Choose the correct label to identify the underlined part of the sentence. You can find properties of science in a basic clock. A) Main verb. B) Helping verb. C) Verb phrase. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb phrase. 22. Which is the main verb? We will be walking to the middle school next year. A) We. B) Will. C) Be. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking. 23. Identify the main verb in the verb phrase. It can grow only in warm climates. A) Can. B) Grow. C) Warm. D) Climates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grow. 24. What type of verb is the word in red? The class cheered during the game. A) Action verb. B) Helping verb. C) Linking verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action verb. 25. James had to run in order to catch his bus. A) James. B) Had run. C) Had to run. D) Catch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had to run. ← 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