This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the linking verb in the following sentence:The powerful Mohawk chief, Hiawatha, felt unhappy about war. A) Powerful. B) Chief. C) Felt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felt. 2. Twice a number, decreased by 47 A) $2(x-47)$. B) $2x-47$. C) $2x+47$. D) $2(x+47)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $2x-47$. 3. GOING SOME PLACE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME A) TRAVEL. B) TRIP. C) JOURNEY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRIP. 4. Which of the following is a division word? A) Quotient. B) Shared. C) Ratio. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. What is the translation of '' y-5 '' A) Five subtracted from y. B) Y added to five. C) Y yields five. D) Y is less than 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Five subtracted from y. 6. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a gerund phrase?Red Adair's crew, working around the clock, was able to put out the oil refinery fire. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 7. Translate 'the number decreased by 10' into a math expression. A) X + 10. B) 10-x. C) X-10. D) X / 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X-10. 8. Match the clue word with the operation:PER A) Add. B) Subtract. C) Multiply. D) Divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divide. 9. Three less than the product of a number and twelve A) $12x-3$. B) $3-12x$. C) $12x<3$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $12x-3$. 10. For 1 point:The sum of a number r and 12. A) 12+r. B) 12-r. C) R+12. D) R-12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) R+12. 11. Determine the type of verbal phrase in the following sentence: "The broken vase lay on the floor." A) Infinitive. B) Participial. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 12. Identify the correct translation of the verbal phrase 'to swim fast'. A) To swim fast. B) Swimming fastly. C) To swim fastly. D) Swim fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To swim fast. 13. A/10 A) The quotient of a number a and ten. B) The product of a number a and ten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The quotient of a number a and ten. 14. Translate 'the quotient of 12 and z' into an expression. A) 12*z. B) 12/z. C) 12+z. D) Z/12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12/z. 15. It is a type of verbal phrase that consists of a participle and any modifiers, objects, or complements that act as adjectives in a sentence. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 16. Personally, I've always found folding warm towels to be a soothing task. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 17. Identify the function of the bolded word. [gerund]Reading is my favorite pastime. A) Subject. B) Direct Object (D.O). C) Indirect Object (I.O). D) Predicate Nominative (P.N). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 18. Circle the correct word or phrase7. We ate /were eating breakfast when a letter came through the letter box. A) A. ate. B) B. were eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. were eating. 19. Janae will split the pieces of cake among her 7 guests. A) $p\cdot7$. B) $p\div7$. C) $p-7$. D) $p+7$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $p\div7$. 20. How many terms are there in this expression below?2m + 3n-7 A) 3. B) 5. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 21. Translate:4 less than g. A) G-4. B) 4-g. C) G + 4. D) G / 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G-4. 22. Translate this sentence into an equation.72 is the product of 8 and a Steve's age.Use the variable h to represent Steve's age. A) 72 = 8 + h. B) 72 = 8h. C) 72 = 8-h. D) 72 = 8/h. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 72 = 8h. 23. I need to ..... the restroom A) Used to. B) Is used to. C) Used. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use. 24. How many terms? 6xy-5 + 3w-2c A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 25. It's easy to place the dishes into the patiently waiting dishwasher. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 26. What is a variable? A) Number that stands alone. B) A letter that stands for an unknown number. C) A number that stands with a letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A letter that stands for an unknown number. 27. Identify the operation associated with the following key word:FEWER A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtraction. 28. For a walk-a-thon a sponsor committed to give you a flat fee of $ 5 plus $ 2 for every mile m you walk. Write an expression for the total amount you will collect from your sponsor at the end of the walk-athon. A) 5+2. B) 5+2m. C) 5m+2. D) 5-2m. E) 2m-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5+2m. 29. Nine less than the product of a number and 4 A) 9-(n+4). B) 9-4n. C) $\frac{9}{4n}$. D) 4n-9. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4n-9. 30. Sum means to add. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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 9Verbal Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books