Kinds of Phrases - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belongs to:

Quack doctors claim that they can cure many diseases.

Noun Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Verb Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belongs to:

Hair tonic advertisements promise long, beautiful hair.

Noun Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Verb Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belongs to:

Driving alone one night, William saw a dog just ahead.

Gerund Phrase

Participial Phrase

Noun Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belongs to:

A story from those times says that Montezuma hid the bulk of his golden treasure.

Prepositional Phrase

Noun Phrase

Verb Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belongs to:

To tell her friends her secrets is a big no-no to Anna.

Prepositional Phrase

Noun Phrase

Verb Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

A fisherman found a gold bar in the shallow water near the coast.

Prepositional Phrase

Noun Phrase

Verb Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

Another kind of ship might have a spinning solar sail.

Prepositional Phrase

Noun Phrase

Verb Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

The dog, frozen in the glare of the headlights, stood still.

Infinitive Phrase

Participle Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Verb Phrase

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

Sleeping soundly on the bed on rainy days is my dog's remarkable behavior.

Infinitive Phrase

Participle Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Verb Phrase

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

He had never heard about the Montezuma story.

Noun Phrase

Verb Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

The beautiful her never knew about the importance of the beauty inside.

Noun Phrase

Verb Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

I have never heard of the story told from another's point of view.

Participle Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

The essay will have been finished by the time the semester ends.

Noun Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

Verb Phrase

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

In another life, I'd like to be better than I am now.

Noun Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

Infinitive Phrase

Verb Phrase

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify what kind of phrase this underlined word/set of words belong to:

Looking at it through a different lens is crucial to know all sides of the story before we make a judgment.

Participle Phrase

Gerund Phrase

Noun Phrase

Verb Phrase

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