Infinitive Phrases Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Infinitive Phrases – Quiz 7
1. 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.
D) To live in New York City.
2. We are going to sell the dog.
A) We go to sell the dog.
B) Let's pay the dog.
C) We are going to sell the dog.
3. When it is time to graduate in June, you will feel proud of your accomplishments.
A) Adjective.
B) Noun.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
4. What is the infinitive phrase in the sentence:'He needs to finish his homework.'.
A) To start his homework.
B) Finished his homework.
C) Finishing his homework.
D) To finish his homework.
5. My brother wanted to entertain me.
A) Adverb.
B) Noun.
C) Adjective.
D) None of above.
6. Find the infinitive:I like to swim.
A) To swim.
B) Like to swim.
C) I like.
D) None of the above.
7. Identify the participle(s). The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.
A) Drowning.
B) Struggled.
C) Drowning, struggled.
D) None of above.
8. Are you going to pay?.
A) I'm going to pay?.
B) Are you going to pay?.
C) Your going to pay?.
9. Find the infinitive:Coraline likes to go to school.
A) To school.
B) To go.
C) Coraline likes.
D) Likes to.
10. Decide if the sentence is Correct or Incorrect use of Parallel Structure:English classes teach you how to write precisely, to read critically, and have better grammar.
A) Incorrect.
B) Correct.
11. I adopted a cat with white paws.
A) Adjective.
B) Adverb.
C) Infinitive.
D) None of above.
12. Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive?Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist, drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500.
A) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive.
B) Essential (or restrictive) appositive.
13. We hope _____ the job by next Sunday.
A) To have finish.
B) Have finished.
C) To have finished.
D) To have been finishing.
14. *Identify the infinitive in each sentence. Sandra's deepest desire was to perform.
A) To perform.
B) Sandra's deepest.
C) Deepest desire.
D) Was to.
15. My mother's favorite dish to cook is lasagna.The infinitive is _____ .
A) To cook.
B) To cook is lasagna.
C) Favorite dish to cook is lasagna.
D) None of above.
16. Identify the infinitive phrase. If there is no infinitive, choose none. On the hair-raising ride to the haunted house, I was sure I saw something lurking in the woods.
A) None.
B) On the hair-rising ride.
C) To the haunted house.
D) Saw something.
17. We were all happy about _____ New Year in Paris.
A) Celebrating.
B) To celebrate.
18. It annoys me when phones ring during church services.
A) Adverb.
B) Adjective.
C) Infinitive.
D) None of above.
19. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:I want to eat pizza for dinner.
A) To eat pizza.
B) Want to eat pizza.
C) To pizza for dinner.
D) Eat pizza for dinner.
20. What does the participial phrase finishing the grueling work describe in the sentence?Finishing the grueling work, James felt a wave of satisfaction.
A) James .
B) Wave.
C) Satisfaction.
D) None of above.
21. The alley is located between the old library and the bookstore.
A) Adverb.
B) Adjective.
C) Infinitive.
D) None of above.
22. Painting is my favorite hobby.This sentence has an example of a(n) _____ in it.
A) Preposition.
B) Participle.
C) Gerund.
D) Infinitive.
23. He offered to settle the argument. The infinitive phrase is used as _____ .
A) Noun.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
24. To cook is a great art.
A) Noun.
B) Adverb.
C) Adjective.
D) None of above.
25. Identify the participle(s). Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.
A) Enjoying, threw.
B) Enjoying, jumped, threw.
C) Enjoying.
D) Enjoying, jumped.