This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Translate:Six fewer than twice a number is four. A) 6-2x = 4. B) 2x-6 = 4. C) X$^{2}$-6 = 4. D) 6-x$^{2}$ = 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2x-6 = 4. 2. A number increased by 2 A) $x+2$. B) $2x$. C) $x-2$. D) $x\div2$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x+2$. 3. Translate:two times the sum of a number and five A) 2 + y + 5. B) 2y + 5. C) 2(y + 5). D) 2-y + 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2(y + 5). 4. What is the infinitive in the sentence?A party would be a good way to end the semester. A) A party. B) A good way. C) To end the semester. D) Would be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To end the semester. 5. The difference of nine times a number and one A) 9x+1. B) 9x-1. C) X+9. D) X-9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9x-1. 6. 8 decreased by the sum of 3 and a number c A) 8-(3-c). B) 8-3-c. C) 8-(3 + c). D) 8-3 + c. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8-(3 + c). 7. Six more than some number equals 52 A) 6 + x = 52. B) 6 + 52 = x. C) 6x = 52. D) 6x + 52 =. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 + x = 52. 8. Identify the operation associated with the following key word:OF A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiplication. 9. Translate the verbal phrase into an expression.The quotient of a number and 4. A) 4r. B) R/4. C) 4/r. D) 4 + r. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) R/4. 10. Identify the predicate adjective in the following sentence:A hang glider can be dangerous if you are not trained. A) Glider. B) Can. C) Dangerous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangerous. 11. Analyze the sentence and identify the type of verbal phrase: "The athlete, having trained for months, was ready for the competition." A) Infinitive. B) Participial. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 12. Simplify the expression if m =-7 and n = 4:5m + 9n A) 71. B) 1. C) -1. D) -71. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 13. What is the difference between '4 less than g' and '4 minus g'? A) '4 less than g' is g-4, while '4 minus g' is 4-g. B) '4 less than g' is 4-g, while '4 minus g' is g-4. C) Both expressions are equivalent and yield the same result. D) '4 less than g' is g + 4, while '4 minus g' is 4 + g. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) '4 less than g' is g-4, while '4 minus g' is 4-g. 14. Identify the predicate adjective in the following sentence:The powerful Mohawk chief, Hiawatha, felt unhappy about war. A) Powerful. B) Mohawk. C) Chief. D) Unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unhappy. 15. 8 less than a number, m A) M-8. B) $\frac{8}{m}$. C) 8-m. D) 8-m. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) M-8. 16. Nine less than the total of a number and two A) $9-n+2$. B) $\left(n+2\right)-9$. C) $\left(9-n\right)+2$. D) $2+n-9$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $\left(n+2\right)-9$. 17. 4 less than x A) 4-x. B) X-4. C) 4x. D) -4x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-4. 18. If t-shirts cost $ 15 each and sweatshirts cost $ 25 each, write an expression which represents the cost of t, t-shirts, and s, sweatshirts. A) 15t + 25s. B) 15t 25s. C) 15t-25s. D) 15s + 25t. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15t-25s. 19. ONLY following a linking verb, what do we call the word in the predicate that describes the subject of a sentence? A) Noun. B) Predicate adjective. C) Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicate adjective. 20. The problem is applying the mind to the task. The noun function of the gerund phrase is ..... A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Predicate nominative. D) Object of preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicate nominative. 21. Translate the verbal phrase "the sum of a number and seven" into an algebraic expression. A) $7-x$. B) $x + 7$. C) $7x$. D) $x-7$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $x + 7$. 22. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $x-9$ A) A number minus nine. B) Nine minus a number. C) Nine times a number. D) A number plus nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A number minus nine. 23. Which equation represents the verbal phrase below?The sum of two times a number and five is equal to 37 A) 2x-5 = 37. B) 2x + 5 = 37. C) 2(x-5) = 37. D) 2(x + 5) = 37. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2x + 5 = 37. 24. Write an expression for:Thirty-seven more than the difference of twenty-four and twenty A) (37-24) x 20. B) (24-20) x 37. C) 37 + (24-20). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 37 + (24-20). 25. The woman wearing the blue sweater is Jack's mom. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Verb. 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