This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Create a sentence using a participial phrase to describe a person. A) The man, running quickly, caught the bus. B) To run quickly is his goal. C) Running is his favorite activity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man, running quickly, caught the bus. 2. Determine how the infinitive phrase is being used in the sentence.His only ambition was to succeed at his job. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 3. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence:They started dancing to the music. A) They started. B) Dancing to the music. C) To the music. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dancing to the music. 4. Which of the following is a gerund phrase? A) To swim in the ocean. B) Swimming in the ocean. C) Swam in the ocean. D) Swims in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming in the ocean. 5. Twice r divided by 3 A) 2r + 3. B) 2r-3. C) 2r x 3. D) 2r/3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2r/3. 6. Write a verbal expression for:4q A) Four q. B) Four times q. C) Four plus q. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four times q. 7. The difference of a number t and 2 A) T + 2. B) T-2. C) 2-t. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T-2. 8. I made money that summer by working in the campus library. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 9. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a participial phrase?Aiming carefully, the hunter squeezed the trigger. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 10. Half of a number, y A) Y-$\frac{1}{2}$. B) 2y. C) Y + $\frac{1}{2}$. D) $\frac{y}{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $\frac{y}{2}$. 11. The sum of a number x and a number y, cubed A) X + y$^{3}$. B) X + y$^{2}$. C) (x + y)$^{2}$. D) (x + y)$^{3}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (x + y)$^{3}$. 12. Four times the sum of 7 and w A) 4 x w. B) 4(7 + w). C) 47w. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4(7 + w). 13. The word "of" represents what operation? A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiplication. 14. Convert the phrase 'the difference between a number and 8, multiplied by 2' into an algebraic expression. A) 2(x + 8). B) 2(x-8). C) 2(x + 2). D) 2(x-2). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2(x-8). 15. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... Selecting a vocation is a major decision. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund phrase. 16. Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence: "To travel around the world is my dream." A) Around the world. B) Is my dream. C) To travel around the world. D) My dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To travel around the world. 17. X less than 10 can be written as A) 10-x. B) X-10. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10-x. 18. 6 more than the difference of 9 and a number p A) 6 + (9-p). B) 6 + (p-9). C) 6 + 9-p. D) 6 + p-9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 + (9-p). 19. What is the mathematical expression of the quotient of 24 times a number and-4? A) $24x+4$. B) $24x-4$. C) $\frac{24x}{-4}$. D) $-\frac{4}{24x}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $\frac{24x}{-4}$. 20. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:SPLIT INTO A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Division. 21. Students brought in 300 canned goods for the food drive on Monday. On Tuesday students brought in x more than the day before. Write an expression for how many canned goods students brought on Tuesday. A) 300 + x. B) 300-x. C) 300x. D) X-300. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300 + x. 22. Evaluate the equation:(10+5)-6 A) 9. B) 10. C) 11. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9. 23. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: "She wants to learn French before her trip." A) She wants. B) To learn French. C) Before her trip. D) French before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To learn French. 24. An infinitive can be used as a noun, adjective or an adverb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Whic of the following is not the verbal phrase of the '' = '' sign? A) Yields. B) Results in. C) Is. D) Ratio of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ratio of. 26. Sally bought three candy bars for a total of $ 18.00. How much did each candy bar cost? Write an equation to solve this problem. Use c as your variable. A) 18c=6. B) C + 6= 18. C) C +18 = 6. D) 3c=18. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3c=18. 27. We haven't ..... Uncle Ted for a long time. We miss him so much. A) Dealt with. B) Waited for. C) Worried about. D) Heard from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heard from. 28. Translate to an algebraic expression.125 subtracted from a number A) 125-n. B) N-125. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N-125. 29. My family wants to adopt a child. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. 30. Use substitution to determine if x = 3 is a possible solution to the equation 8x-1 = 31 A) Yes, it is a solution. B) No, it is not a solution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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