This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verb Phrases – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Phrases Quiz 59 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "Delilah enjoys reading mystery books in her spare time." A) Enjoys. B) Reading. C) Mystery books. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading. 2. What is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence? "I can handle important tasks!" A) Can. B) Can handle. C) Handle. D) Can handle tasks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can handle. 3. What is the gerund in the following sentence? "Swimming helps me relax after a long day." A) After. B) Swimming. C) Relax. D) Helps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. 4. Identify the gerund in the following sentence: "Listening to music helps me concentrate." A) Listening. B) Music. C) Concentrate. D) Helps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening. 5. I gave Mel my phone number so that we don't ..... contact A) Miss. B) Lose. C) Keep. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lose. 6. Which verb phrase is in the present perfect continuous tense? A) She has danced. B) She has been dancing. C) She will have danced. D) She was dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has been dancing. 7. To be able A) Querer. B) Poder. C) Ir + a. D) Deber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poder. 8. Escribir una carta A) To color a card. B) To write a letter. C) To paint a room. D) To scribble on the wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To write a letter. 9. Which verb phrase correctly fills in the blank: "Nosotros ..... (can help) con la tarea." ? A) Puede ayudamos. B) Pueden ayudar. C) Podemos ayudar. D) Puedo ayuda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Podemos ayudar. 10. ..... a parking space A) Listen to. B) Run. C) Walk. D) Look for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look for. 11. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:wait A) In. B) For. C) At. D) About. E) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 12. I have difficulty understanding the statements ..... in French. A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writing. D) That written. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written. 13. I'd like ..... for IBM. A) To work. B) Works. C) Working. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To work. 14. Which of the following is a verb phrase or main verb only if there is no auxiliary, based on the definition? A) Are going to visit. B) Are going. C) Going. D) Going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are going to visit. 15. What are you waiting ..... ? It's time to do something. A) For. B) On. C) At. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 16. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:complain A) With. B) For. C) At. D) About. E) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About. 17. Yo ..... estudiar para el examen hoy. A) Tenemos que. B) Tienen que. C) Tengo que. D) Tengo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tengo que. 18. Acabas de pagar mi almuerzo? A) Did you just eat my lunch?. B) Did you just make my lunch?. C) Did you just pay for my lunch?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you just pay for my lunch?. 19. What does a verb phrase consist of according to traditional grammar? A) Auxiliary verb and main verb. B) Main verb only. C) Subject and predicate. D) Adjective and adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auxiliary verb and main verb. 20. We ..... a great time in France last summer. A) Took. B) Kept. C) Had. D) Caught. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 21. Choose the preposition that goes with the verb below:believe A) In. B) For. C) About. D) On. E) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 22. The extinction of the Chinese white dolphins ..... the pollution of their habitats. A) Results in. B) Gives rise to. C) Grows out of. D) Causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grows out of. 23. My parents always say I can't ..... school. A) Leaves. B) Leaving. C) To leave. D) Leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leave. 24. You ..... to the shops. A) Don't drive. B) Don't work. C) Don't study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't drive. 25. To plan A) Pensar. B) Deber. C) Acabar + de. D) Querer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pensar. ← 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