Infinitive Phrases Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Infinitive Phrases – Quiz 14
1. Find the infinitive phrase:My big brother loves to pick on me in front of my friends.
A) To pick on me in front of my friends.
B) Love to pick on me.
C) In front of my friends.
D) None of the above.
2. They were instructed _____ with the host families with whom they would be sharing the household chores.
A) To live.
B) To agree.
C) To care.
D) None of above.
3. What is the infinitive in the following sentence?After Bobby fell to the ground, he needed to go to the hospital.
A) To the hospital.
B) Bobby fell.
C) To the ground.
D) To go.
4. To dance.
A) Infinitive.
B) Prepositional.
5. Which of the following is not an infinitive?.
A) To Austin.
B) To visualize.
C) To understand.
D) To wonder.
6. It seems that he is working for IBM.He seems _____ for IBM.
A) Be working.
B) Been working.
C) To be working.
D) None of above.
7. Identify the infinitive phrase acting as the subject in the following sentence:'To read books is a great way to gain knowledge.'.
A) To read books.
B) To watch movies.
C) Reading books.
D) To write books.
8. Find the participle phrase:Walking to the car, I tripped on a roller skate.
A) Walking to the car.
B) On a roller skate.
C) Tripped.
D) To the car.
9. Locate the infinitive phrase:Courtney told Dylan to kick the football to Henry.
A) To kick the football to Henry.
B) To kick the football.
C) To Henry.
D) None of above.
10. She ( _____ ) to go to school.
A) Ends.
B) Has.
C) Va.
D) None of above.
11. Which of the following BEST describes infinitive phrases?.
A) All of the above are true.
B) An infinitive phrase continues past the infinitive.
C) An infinitive phrase sometimes contains other objects.
D) An infinitive phrase sometimes contains other modifiers.
12. Locate the infinitive phrase:I want to hear the news.
A) To hear the news.
B) To hear.
C) I want to.
D) None of above.
13. Identify the type of infinitive phrase:Catherine wake up early to cram her deadlines today.
A) As an adverb.
B) As a noun.
C) As an adjective.
D) None of above.
14. Identify the infinitive phrase.-It's so lovely to go outside!.
A) So lovely.
B) To go outside.
C) No infinitive phrase.
D) To go.
15. My friends _____ (feel like) play tennis.
A) They want to.
B) They want.
C) They have to win.
16. It is a type of an infinitive phrase in which it serves as the subject or object of the sentence. You can identify it by asking the question "what?".
A) As a noun.
B) As an adverb.
C) As an adjective.
D) None of above.
17. Find the infinitive phrase:The other mother lied to keep Coraline from leaving.
A) To keep Coraline.
B) To keep Coraline from leaving.
C) The other mother.
D) Lied to keep.
18. What is the function of an infinitive phrase in this example?Nobody wants to hear long speeches.
A) Noun.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
19. What is the structure of an infinitive phrase?.
A) Base form of the verb + to + objects/modifiers/complements.
B) To + past participle of the verb + objects/modifiers/complements.
C) To + base form of the verb + objects/modifiers/complements.
D) To + present participle of the verb + objects/modifiers/complements.
20. To travel all across Italy is Lucretia's New Year resolution.
A) Subject.
B) Object.
21. After her junior year of high school, Walls moved away from home to live in New York City. What is the COMPLETE infinitive phrase in the sentence above?.
A) Of high school.
B) After her junior year.
C) To live in New York City.
D) To live.
22. Why is an infinitive phrase called a verbal phrase?.
A) Because it functions as the verb in the sentence.
B) Because it has a verb in it.
C) Because it shows the action of the sentence.
D) Because it looks like a verb, but it does not function as a verb.
23. The movie to see is Avatar.
A) Adjective .
B) Noun.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
24. Find the sentence that contains an infinitive phrase.
A) I love to cook and read.
B) That movie was so good!.
C) Let's go see a movie at the movie theater!.
D) None of above.
25. Identify the infinitive phrases. If there is no infinitive, choose none. After the circus ended, he and his sister had to stand outside in the rain to wait on their mom.
A) To stand outside in the rain.
B) After the circus ended.
C) None.