This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The woman, jumping up and down, just won the lottery. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 2. Write an algebraic expression for:three times a number plus 16 A) 3(16)+n. B) 16n+3. C) 3n+16. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3n+16. 3. Which of the following is the translation of '' x + 2 = 5 '' A) A number more than two is five. B) A number less than two is five. C) Two times a number is five. D) The quotient of a number and two is five. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A number more than two is five. 4. Use substitution to determine if x = 8 is a possible solution to the equation-3x + 10 =-14 A) Yes, it is a solution. B) No, it is not a solution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, it is a solution. 5. The sum of a number k and a number j reduced by 10 A) K + j-10. B) (k + j) + 10. C) (k-j)-10. D) (k + j)-10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (k + j)-10. 6. Translate the following sentence into an equation. Twice a number m minus three equals the sum of m and five. A) $2\left(m-3\right)=m+5$. B) $2m-3=m+5$. C) $2m-3=5m$. D) $2\left(m-3\right)=5m$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $2m-3=m+5$. 7. 8 (n-3) A) Eight minus n and three. B) Eight times the difference of n and three. C) The addition of n and 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eight times the difference of n and three. 8. Identify the operation associated with the following key words:INCREASED BY A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Addition. 9. Analyze the appositive phrase in the following sentence:My best friend, a talented musician, is performing at the concert. A) A great chef. B) The best singer. C) A talented musician. D) An amazing dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A talented musician. 10. The square of the sum of a number and two more than five A) $5+\left(x+2\right)^2$. B) $5>\left(x+2\right)^2$. C) $\left(x+2\right)^2+5$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $5+\left(x+2\right)^2$. 11. X divided into 10 A) 10x. B) 10/x. C) X/10. D) X + 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X/10. 12. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?Female dolphins breathe while asleep by lying on the surface of the water. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of the preposition. 13. They ..... working late hours because of their job. A) Used to. B) Are used to. C) Used. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are used to. 14. Five taken away from x A) X-5. B) 5-x. C) X + 5. D) 5x. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X-5. 15. Use verbal phrases to combine the following choppy sentences:He spoke frankly. He said he opposed the plan. A) Speaking frankly, he said he opposed the plan. B) He spoke frankly, and he said he opposed the plan. C) Opposing the plan, he was speaking frankly. D) He said he opposed the plan while he spoke with frankness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking frankly, he said he opposed the plan. 16. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.4 divided by the sum of a number and 12 A) 4 / n + 12. B) 4 / 12n. C) 4 / (n + 12). D) (4 / n) + 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 / (n + 12). 17. Transform the verbal phrase into a clause: "Running late for the meeting." A) If you run late for the meeting. B) Running late for the meeting is bad. C) Late for the meeting running. D) Meeting late running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you run late for the meeting. 18. Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence and explain its function: "The students, excited about the trip, gathered in the hall." A) Infinitive; it shows purpose. B) Participial; it describes the students. C) Gerund; it acts as a noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial; it describes the students. 19. All verbs show action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. What is the mathematical translation of "five divided by a number x" A) 5 + x. B) 5-x. C) 5x. D) 5 / x. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 / x. 21. Identify the operation associated with the following key word:DIFFERENCE A) Addition. B) Subtraction. C) Multiplication. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtraction. 22. Use the following verbal phrase in a sentence: "To learn new languages." A) Learning new languages is fun. B) To learn new languages is challenging. C) New languages to learn. D) Languages are new to learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To learn new languages is challenging. 23. Which expression represents the verbal phrase below?The sum of 8 and five times a number equals-4 A) 8 + 5n =-4. B) 8(n + 5) =-4. C) 8 + 5 + n =-4. D) 8 x 5n =-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 + 5n =-4. 24. The student hurried to her car parked in the back of the lot.Which word is the participial phrase "parked in the back of the lot" modifying? A) Car. B) Student. C) Lot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Car. 25. The total of $y$ $y$ A) $4y^2$. B) $y^2+4$. C) $\left(y+4y\right)^2$. D) $y^2+4y$. 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