This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence: "The car, damaged in the accident, was towed away." A) The car. B) Damaged in the accident. C) Was towed away. D) In the accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Damaged in the accident. 2. Translate the verbal phrase "three more than the product of a number and six" into an algebraic expression. A) $6x + 3$. B) $3x + 6$. C) $6x-3$. D) $3x-6$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $6x + 3$. 3. What is the function of a Gerund Phrase in a sentence? A) A gerund phrase functions as a noun, serving as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence. B) A gerund phrase acts as an adjective, modifying a noun in the sentence. C) A gerund phrase serves as an adverb, providing additional information about a verb. D) A gerund phrase is used to connect two independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gerund phrase functions as a noun, serving as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence. 4. Translate the verbal phrase "twice a number decreased by five" into an algebraic expression. A) $2x + 5$. B) $5-2x$. C) $2x-5$. D) $5x-2$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $2x-5$. 5. Use verbal phrases to combine the following choppy sentences:Henry enjoys good music. He attends concerts often. A) Enjoying good music, Henry attends concerts often. B) Henry enjoys good music and he attends concerts often. C) Henry, who attends concerts often, enjoys good music. D) Attending concerts often, good music is enjoyed by Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoying good music, Henry attends concerts often. 6. Ten subtracted from ten times a number A) $x-10x$. B) $10\left(x-10\right)$. C) $10-10x$. D) $10x-10$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $10x-10$. 7. The verbal phrase that can be translated as "8a" is A) The sum of 8 and a number a. B) The difference of 8 and a number a. C) The quotient of 8 and a number a. D) The product of 8 and a number a. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The product of 8 and a number a. 8. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a gerund phrase?The key to success in any field is being willing to work hard. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 9. What is the appositive in this sentence? Mrs. Freshly, the teacher in room 107, wants an aquarium for the classroom. A) Mrs. Freshly. B) The teacher in room 107. C) For the classroom. D) Teacher wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher in room 107. 10. What is the verbal expression for the mathematical expression $7-x$ A) Seven minus a number. B) A number minus seven. C) Seven times a number. D) A number plus seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seven minus a number. 11. Identify the type of the bolded phrase or word in the sentence.Looking around, we saw many friends. A) Participles and Participial Phrase. B) Gerund and Gerund Phrase. C) Infinitives and Infinitive Phrase. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participles and Participial Phrase. 12. Which expression represents the verbal phrase below?The sum of twice a number and 18 A) 2(x + 18). B) 2x + 18. C) 18X + 2. D) 2 + 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2x + 18. 13. Raising her hand, the student carefully thought of an answer. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 14. A number decreased by 15 A) Y-15. B) 15 + y. C) 15y. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Y-15. 15. 10 times the difference of two numbers A) 10* n-m. B) N-m *10. C) 10(n-m). D) 10 mn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10(n-m). 16. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:DECREASED BY A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtraction. 17. Determine how the infinitive phrase is being used in the sentence.Sending her roses is the way to win her heart. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 18. A number subtracted from-20 A) $-20x$. B) $-20+x$. C) $x-(-20)$. D) $-20-x$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $-20-x$. 19. Quotient of 3 and a number A) 3-x. B) 3/x. C) X/3. D) 3x. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3/x. 20. A number subtracted from 11 A) $x-11$. B) $11-x$. C) $x+11$. D) $11+x$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $11-x$. 21. 3x-2 A) Thrice a number x decreased by 2. B) The difference of 3 times a number is less than 2. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thrice a number x decreased by 2. 22. Match the clue word with the operation:DECREASED BY A) Add. B) Subtract. C) Multiply. D) Divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtract. 23. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a participial phrase?Letting the dough rise twice is the secret to making good bread. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 24. Determine whether each value is a solution. 86 + x = 102 for x = 16 A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 25. Using the recycling bin judiciously, you can make your way through the piles of paper thathave been collecting for weeks. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) Infinitive phrase. D) None of the above. 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