Infinitive Phrases Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Infinitive Phrases – Quiz 17
1. A gerund phrase functions as a.
A) Verb.
B) Adjective.
C) Noun.
D) Preposition.
2. In the following sentence, what purpose does the infinitive phrase serve?To smile at others brings joy to yourself.
A) Noun.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
3. Is this a complete sentence? To read makes waiting better.
A) Yes, an infinitive is okay as the subject.
B) No, an infinitive can only be a verb.
4. Find the INFINITIVE PHRASE in the following sentence. In the mall, we want to walk quickly to the food court.
A) To walk quickly.
B) To the food court.
C) In the mall.
D) None of above.
5. Select the correct infinitives or infinitive phrases in the sentence.To plan a successful vacation takes a good deal of thought.
A) To plan a successful vacation.
B) Vacation takes.
C) A good deal.
D) None of the above.
6. What does the participial phrase disturbed by the new boundaries describe in the sentence?Disturbed by the new boundaries, parents attended the school board meeting.
A) Boundaries.
B) School.
C) Parents.
D) Meeting.
7. Identify the participle(s). Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.
A) Braking, stopped .
B) Braking.
C) Stopped.
D) None of above.
8. My mother's favorite dish to cook is lasagna.The infinitive functions as _____ .
A) Adjective.
B) Adverb.
C) Noun:predicate nominative.
D) None of above.
9. An infinitive is a verb + to.
A) False.
B) True.
C) Maybe.
D) None.
10. In 1980, she won two gold medals and two silver medals.
A) Adverb phrase.
B) Adjective phrase.
C) Infinitive.
D) None of above.
11. To smile.
A) Infinitive.
B) Prepositional.
12. Find the infinitive:To quit, I clicked the X in the corner.
A) Quit I.
B) Clicked the X.
C) To quit.
D) I clicked.
13. Multiple infinitives can be separated by _____ or _____ .
A) Commas, conjunctions.
B) Commas, semicolons.
C) Commas, verbs.
D) Conjunctions, periods.
14. Maybe they are watching a video.They might _____ a video.
A) Be watching .
B) To be watching.
C) Been watching.
D) None of above.
15. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.
A) Or carrot.
B) Trotting up to the fence.
C) Hopes that you have an apple.
D) The horse trotting up to the fence.
16. What is the participial phrase? Completing her homework, the girl began to feel accomplished.
A) Completing her homework.
B) The girl began.
C) To feel accomplished.
D) None of above.
17. The students rode the bus to the school.
A) Prepositional.
B) Infinitive.
18. Find the infinitive phrase:My dad went to the kitchen to make pie.
A) To make pie.
B) Dad went to.
C) To the kitchen to make pie.
D) To the kitchen.
19. You need to write letters in cursive.
A) Infinitive .
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
20. Infinitive phrases can connect to nouns, modifiers, and prepositional phrases. True or False?.
A) False.
B) True.
21. The way to please your parents is by obeying at all times.
A) To please your parents.
B) The way to please.
C) By obeying.
D) At all times.
22. She came to the United States in 1989.
A) Adverb phrase.
B) Adjective phrase.
C) Infinitive.
D) None of above.
23. My father wants to retire in two years.
A) Subject.
B) Object.
24. Opinions at the Olympics four years later had changed.
A) Adjective phrase.
B) Adverb phrase.
C) Infinitive.
D) None of above.
25. What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence?The decision to adopt a rescue dog brought joy to the family.
A) To adopt.
B) To the family.
C) To adopt a rescue dog.
D) The decision to adopt.