This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 50 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Aunt Grace has learned to cook! A) To cook. B) Learned. C) Has learned. D) Learned to cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has learned. 2. Read each sentence. Chose the sentence that has the verb phrase underlined. A) Basketball was invented in 1891. B) I have seen that portrait before. C) I am talking on my cellphone. D) Will Ellie perform a solo at the recital?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have seen that portrait before. 3. Harry and his friends attend a school, Hogwarts. A) Harry. B) His friends. C) Attend. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attend. 4. Bill was reluctantly competing in the contest. A) Was reluctantly. B) Reluctantly competing. C) Reluctantly competing in. D) Was competing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was competing. 5. What is the complete subject of the following sentence? The angry chef slammed pots and pans. A) The angry chef. B) Slammed pots and pans. C) Chef. D) Slammed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The angry chef. 6. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Carolyn must have taken the test yet. A) Must. B) Have taken. C) Must have. D) Must have taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have taken. 7. Anthony's hat was blown off of his head by a strong wind. A) Was blown. B) Hat. C) Off of his head. D) Strong wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was blown. 8. Identify the helping verbs in the following sentence:The dancers should have practiced their routine before the performance. A) Should and have. B) Dancers and their. C) Before and the. D) Have and practiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should and have. 9. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:All the kittens were playful. A) All. B) Kittens. C) Were. D) Playful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 10. What type of verbs are highlighted? My husband, Jeremy, is a race car driver, but he is also a great father. A) Both linking verbs. B) Both helping verbs. C) Linking verb and helping verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both linking verbs. 11. Find the helping verb in the verb phrase. Harry and his friends will attend a school, Hogwarts. A) Harry. B) Attend. C) Will. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will. 12. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. Mia was writing today. A) Was. B) Writing. C) Was writing. D) Mia was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was writing. 13. Olga should always walk with caution when she is with her dogs. A) Should always walk. B) Should walk. C) Should always. D) Always walk with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should walk. 14. Which is the main verb? Sam will be moving in the summer. A) Will. B) Be. C) Moving. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moving. 15. What type of verb is underlined? He is eating a refrigerator. A) Linking Verb. B) Helping Verb. C) Action Verb. D) Verb Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping Verb. 16. In the following sentence, "been" is what type of verb? Nathan had been a doctor for twenty-five years. A) Helping. B) Action. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking. 17. What are the helping verbs in the sentence? I think I will buy the red car, or I will lease the blue one. A) Buy, lease. B) Will, will. C) Will buy, will lease. D) Red, blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will, will. 18. What is the helping verb in the sentence below? Did you see their faces? A) Did. B) See. C) Faces. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 19. Identify the verb or verb phrase:Will Tom get a pony for Christmas? A) Will. B) Will get. C) Get. D) Pony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will get. 20. What is the auxiliary verb in the following sentence? The leaves had fallen from the trees. A) Had. B) Fallen. C) From. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 21. Identify the main verb in the verb phrase.Have you ever read anything about the cacao tree? A) Have. B) You. C) Ever. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Read. 22. Susie is definitely wishing for a puppy this Christmas. A) Definitely wishing. B) Is wishing. C) Wishing. D) Is definitely wishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is wishing. 23. Read the sentence and Identify the verb phrase.How could I have been so mistaken? A) Could have been. B) How could I. C) I have been. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have been. 24. Statement A:Dengue epidemic's number of cases has risen to nearly 250, 000 nationwide. Statement B:The DOH recommends insecticide fogging in areas where a rise in the number of cases has been recorded for two consecutive weeks. A) Both underlined phrases 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: B) Both underlined phrases are VERB phrases. 25. Identify the verb or verb phrase:We were there last night. A) There. B) Last night. C) Were there. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. ← 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