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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.He will be swimming later today. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping/main. 2. Identify the red word:Susie is definitely wishing for a puppy this Christmas. A) Linking verb. B) Helping verb. C) Adverb interrupter. D) Action verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping verb. 3. Identify the main verb:My students will be studying tonight for the quiz. A) Studying. B) Will be. C) Be. D) Tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studying. 4. What is the verb phrase in the sentence below? So, you have never done this before, right? A) Have done. B) This before, right. C) So, you. D) Done this. E) Have never done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have done. 5. The whales are playing in the bay. A) In the bay. B) The whales. C) Are playing. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are playing. 6. Identify the verb or verb phrase:This has occurred to me before. A) Has occurred. B) Has not occurred. C) Has not. D) Occurred to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has occurred. 7. Identify the main verb in the verb phrase.It can grow only in tropical climates. A) Can. B) Grow. C) It. D) Climates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grow. 8. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:Corey is the team's quarterback. A) Is. B) Team's. C) Quarterback. D) Corey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 9. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:You look exhausted after studying all night. A) Look. B) Exhausted. C) After. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 10. What is the verb phrase in this sentence? 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. 11. Don't you just love verb phrases? A) Do love. B) Don't you love. C) Don't love. D) Verb phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do love. 12. Identify the main verb in the verb phrase.How many beans does it take for a pound of chocolate? A) Does. B) Take. C) Pound. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 13. Find the appositive. Harry and his friends will attend a school, Hogwarts. A) Hogwarts. B) Harry. C) Will attend. D) Harry and his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hogwarts. 14. President Duterte has been pursuing to put Trillanes behind bars. What VERB phrase is used in the sentence? A) President Duterte. B) Has been pursuing. C) To put Trillanes. D) Behind bars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been pursuing. 15. What is(are) the helping verb(s)? I might leave school early today, so you must find another ride home. A) Might leave. B) Might | must. C) Might leave | must find. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might | must. 16. Identify the underlined word:Washing the car in a thunderstorm does not make any sense. A) Helping verb. B) Adverb interrupter. C) Action verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb interrupter. 17. What is the main verb for the following sentence? Master craftsmen would teach young boys certain skills. A) Would teach. B) Would. C) Teach. D) Certain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teach. 18. ..... two languages. A) Drink. B) Do. C) Work. D) Speak. E) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speak. 19. Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is:action, helping/main, or linking.Austin and Ella were tired. A) Action. B) Helping/main. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking. 20. Identify the verb or verb phrase:That thought had not occurred to me before. A) Had occurred. B) Had not occurred. C) Had not. D) Occurred to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had occurred. 21. Which revision correctly uses an appositive to combine the sentences? A) My Aunt Meena, a nurse in a busy hospital, is from California. B) My Aunt Meena from California is a nurse in a busy hospital. C) My Aunt Meena is from California, and she is a nurse in a busy hospital. D) My Aunt Meena is from California, a nurse in a busy hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My Aunt Meena, a nurse in a busy hospital, is from California. 22. What is(are) the helping verb(s)? You should know how to tie your shoes, but if you do not know, I will teach you. A) Should | do | will. B) Should | do. C) Should | know. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should | do | will. 23. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence. Montezuma was named king of their civilizations at one point. A) One point. B) Of their. C) At one. D) Was named. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was named. 24. What type of verb is the underlined verb? The girls danced all night. A) Action verb. B) Helping verb. C) Linking verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action verb. 25. Identify the main verb in the verb phrase.Some trees, though, have grown to 60 feet or more. A) Grown. B) Have. C) To. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grown. ← 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