Phrases Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. In “The students, eager to begin, opened their notebooks,” what type of phrase is “eager to begin”?
Appositive phrase
Adverb phrase
Noun phrase
Adjective phrase
2. In “By noon, the team will have completed the survey,” which words form the verb phrase?
By noon
the team
will have completed
the survey
3. What type of phrase is “after the final bell” in “We met after the final bell”?
Noun phrase
Adjective phrase
Prepositional phrase
Verb phrase
4. In “The soup was too hot to eat,” how should the complete group “too hot to eat” be classified?
Adjective phrase
Adverb phrase
Noun phrase
Prepositional phrase
5. In “Reading mystery novels before bed helps me relax,” what type of phrase is “Reading mystery novels before bed”?
Participial phrase
Finite verb phrase
Adjective phrase
Gerund phrase
6. Which group can fill the blank as a noun phrase subject: “_____ was delayed by fog”?
The early morning flight
Across the quiet runway
Extremely patient
Had left on time
7. Which sentence uses an adverb phrase to tell how the musician played?
The musician played the final movement.
The musician played remarkably well.
The musician played after dinner.
The musician with the silver flute played.
8. Which quoted word group is a phrase rather than a clause?
“when the lights dimmed”
“although we arrived early”
“beside the stage door”
“she had packed carefully”
9. In “The bright red bicycle leaned against the fence,” which words form the complete noun phrase serving as the subject?
bright red
The bright red bicycle
leaned against
against the fence
10. In “Maya saved money to buy a laptop,” how should “to buy a laptop” be classified?
Prepositional phrase
Noun phrase
Gerund phrase
Infinitive phrase
11. Which quoted group is an adverb phrase?
“the narrow road”
“quite unexpectedly”
“through the tunnel”
“afraid of heights”
12. In “The guide asked us to stay near the group,” what type of phrase is “to stay near the group”?
Prepositional phrase
Gerund phrase
Infinitive phrase
Participial phrase
13. Why is “Swimming across the lake” a gerund phrase in “Swimming across the lake requires stamina”?
It functions as the noun-like subject of the sentence.
It directly describes the noun “lake.”
Every group beginning with an -ing word is a gerund phrase.
It contains the preposition “across.”
14. In “Carrying a heavy backpack, Nina climbed the hill,” what type of phrase is “Carrying a heavy backpack”?
Finite verb phrase
Gerund phrase
Prepositional phrase
Participial phrase
15. In “She might have forgotten the appointment,” which group is the verb phrase?
might have forgotten
the appointment
because she was busy
in her calendar
16. In “Dr. Chen, our new science teacher, runs the robotics club,” what type of phrase is “our new science teacher”?
Adverb phrase
Appositive phrase
Verb phrase
Prepositional phrase