This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Five times as large as the sum of 6 and 2 A) ( 6 / 2) x 5. B) (6x2) + 5. C) (6+2) x 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (6+2) x 5. 2. Four less than a number is eight. A) $4-x=8$. B) $4x=8$. C) $4+x=8$. D) $x-4=8$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $x-4=8$. 3. Find the infinitive phraseIn order to survive English 10, you must study for the weekly assessments consistently. A) To survive. B) In order to survive. C) To survive English 10, you must. D) To survive English 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To survive English 10. 4. Rewrite each sentence, placing the verbal phrase close to the word it modifies:The old woman bumped into the bench walking her dog. A) Walking her dog, the old woman bumped into the bench. B) The old woman bumped into the bench, walking her dog. C) The old woman walking her dog bumped bench into the. D) Walking into the bench, the old woman bumped her dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking her dog, the old woman bumped into the bench. 5. Choose the algebraic expression that best fits the following situation:In a video game, a player starts with 20 points and a point is subtracted for every hit they take. A) $20+h$. B) $20-h$. C) $h-20$. D) $h\div20$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $20-h$. 6. Identify the operation associated with the following key word:PRODUCT A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiplication. 7. 5 times the sum of a number and 2 A) 5 + 2n. B) 2n-5. C) 5( n + 2). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5( n + 2). 8. Translate the verbal statement 'a number divided by 4, subtracted from 10' into an algebraic expression. A) 10-(x/4). B) 10-(4 * x). C) 10-(4/x). D) (10-x)/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10-(x/4). 9. Identify the participle in the following sentence:The haunted house was scary. A) Haunted. B) House. C) Scary. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haunted. 10. This car ..... Jane. She has owned this car for more than ten years. A) Belongs to. B) Comes across. C) Puts up with. D) Decides on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belongs to. 11. What is the correct translation of the verbal phrase 'to think deeply'? A) To think deep. B) Thinking deeply. C) To think deeply. D) Think deep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To think deeply. 12. Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence:'Hoping to succeed, she studied all night.' A) Hoping to succeed. B) She studied. C) All night. D) Succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoping to succeed. 13. Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:A hang glider can be dangerous if you are not trained. A) Can. B) Can be. C) Be. D) Hang glider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can be. 14. What is the first step to solve this equation:11-3x = 44 A) Add 3 to both sides. B) Subtract 11 from both sides. C) Add 11 to both sides. D) Divide 3 on both sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtract 11 from both sides. 15. What the coefficient of the 1st term?n-4y A) 0. B) 4. C) 1. D) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 16. Choose the sentence that best translates the verbal phrase 'singing loudly'. A) He sings loud. B) He is loud singing. C) He sings loudly. D) He loudly sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He sings loudly. 17. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a participial phrase?Moving noiselessly, the panther stalked her prey. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 18. Eight times a number increased by 9 is the same as 15 more than 7 times the number. Find the number. A) 6. B) -7. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 19. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?In the middle of the night, I woke up to my mom asking me if I had done all my homework for English. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 20. Translate 'the sum of 10 and y' into an expression. A) 10 * y. B) 10-y. C) 10 / y. D) 10 + y. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 + y. 21. The product of negative three and a number is negative twenty. A) $-3-x=-20$. B) $-3\div x=-20$. C) $-3x=-20$. D) $-3+x=-20$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $-3x=-20$. 22. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... To be sure, Mary is the most efficient person in her department. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 23. The teacher ..... the student that was sleeping in class. A) Raised up. B) Made of. C) Pointed at. D) Gave away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pointed at. 24. The student left in charge of the class couldn't control his classmates. A) Infinitive Phrase. B) Gerund Phrase. C) Participial Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participial Phrase. 25. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?His goal was to finish high school in three years. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. 26. Cleaning experts agree that vacuuming the floors is a task best left till last. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund phrase. 27. What is the appositive phrase in this sentence? My brother's car, a tricked-out lime green Gremlin, is the envy of my friends. A) A tricked-out green Gremlin. B) My brother's car. C) Of my friends. D) Green Gremlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tricked-out green Gremlin. 28. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?When my mom gets home, she will want to eat right away. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 29. In which sentence does verbal phrase describe a purpose? A) Disguised as a clown, father broke in his daughter's room. B) They study hard for better grades. C) Hurrying to the lesson, I occasionally forgot to turn off the light in my room. D) All are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are incorrect. 30. "d" less than 4, plus 1 A) D-4 + 1. B) 4-d-1. C) 4-d + 1. D) D-4-1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4-d + 1. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesVerbal Phrases Quiz 1Verbal Phrases Quiz 2Verbal Phrases Quiz 3Verbal Phrases Quiz 4Verbal Phrases Quiz 5Verbal Phrases Quiz 6Verbal Phrases Quiz 7Verbal Phrases Quiz 8Verbal Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books